Month: November 2017
Darkest Hour Dazzles Visually Amidst Gary Oldman’s Virtuoso Performance
“Those who never change their minds never change anything.” After finally achieving his lifelong dream of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) is immediately thrust into facing the country’s most turbulent situation in its…
Read More »Lady Bird Examines the Tug and Pull of Mother-Daughter Relationships Amid Income Inequality
Lady Bird follows Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) in early 2000s Sacramento as she prepares for college amidst her senior year of high school and journey to self-discovery as a teenager transitioning to young adulthood. Through an…
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: The Great (but flawed) American Novel
After seven months of silence regarding the investigation into her daughter’s brutal murder, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) rents three billboards alongside a road on the outskirts of the small, southern town of Ebbing, Missouri. The signs chastise police…
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