Month: April 2018
Avengers: Infinity War is Marvel’s Biggest Spectacle Yet. But Does Bigger Mean Better?
Avengers: Infinity War finds the mighty Avengers facing their toughest test yet, the madman from the planet Titan, Thanos (Josh Brolin). Motivated by a desire to bring balance to a universe he finds to be overpopulated and stretched thin,…
Read More »Chappaquiddick Brings Both the Truth, and the Pressure of Expectations, to Light
Chappaquiddick follows the true story surrounding the events of the tragic accident involving then Senator Ted Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne, a 28-year-old campaign strategist and family friend of the Kennedy family. On July 18, 1969 while vacationing on Chappaquiddick…
Read More »You Were Never Really Here Explores Trauma and the Painful Ties It Binds
You Were Never Really Here follows Joe (Joaquin Phoenix), a veteran turned contract investigator/killer with a specialty in the tracking of missing girls. After taking a job involving Nina (Ekaterina Samsonov), the troublesome daughter of a New York…
Read More »A Quiet Place Puts on a Clinic in Tension Building While Displaying the Power of a Parent’s Love
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** In the year 2020, the world has been besieged by a horde of blind, indestructible creatures with extremely sensitive senses of sound that hunt and kill anything that makes noise. A Quiet Place follows…
Read More »Roxanne Roxanne Lays Bare the Burdens of Black Women
Roxanne Roxanne is a biopic documenting the rise of legendary teenage MC Lolita Shanté Gooden (Chanté Adams) who rose to prominence in the burgeoning rap scene in 1980s New York City as Roxanne Shanté. Shanté‘s foray into stardom…
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Blockers Satisfyingly and Entertainingly Mixes Humor, Heart, and Social Commentary
************************This review contains mild spoilers**************************** Blockers is a story following the prom night and pending graduation of high school seniors Julie (Katherine Newton), Kayla (Geraldine Viswanathan), and Sam (Gideon Adlon). As the memorable night draws closer, the three…
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