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The Sins of Our Fathers: Black Panther Brilliantly Questions the Responsibilities of Lineage and Identity

Black Panther follows T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), who has ascended to be the new king of the reclusive African nation of Wakanda following the tragic death of his father T’Chaka (John Kani). As T’Challa struggles to find the confidence to…

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The Cloverfield Paradox’s Hype Outpaces Its Substance

The Cloverfield Paradox centers around Ava Hamilton (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) who, in the year 2028, agrees to join seven other scientists, engineers, and doctors lead by Commander Kiel (David Oyelowo) on a mission aboard an International Space Station to…

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Heat: A Treatise on Time and Attachment

” I do what I do best; I take scores. You do what you do best; try to stop guys like me.” Heat is a dissection of opposite sides of the same coin. The film has two protagonists,…

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Molly’s Game Displays Aaron Sorkin’s Promise as a Director

Molly’s Game is based on the true story of Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), a former Olympic hopeful skier who while working in LA before law school ended up organizing high-stakes poker games including clientele like movie stars, professional…

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Logan Lucky Brings Fun and Heart to Heist Films

After Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum) loses his job and is presented with the news that his ex Bobbie Jo (Katie Holmes) plans on moving his daughter Sadie (Farrah MacKenzie) across state lines to Virginia, Logan Lucky takes us…

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The Post Hopes to Guide Us Toward Our Future Through Examination of Our Past

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. – Matthew 6:24…

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The Transfiguration Studies Trauma and Abandonment Through Horror

“But I mean, if you can only exist to hurt people, and you know better, then maybe it’s better to decide not to exist at all.” The Transfiguration follows a troubled, impoverished orphan teen from the projects of…

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Phantom Thread Stumbles Down the Runway

Phantom Thread takes us into 1950s London as world renowned clothier Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) runs his studio House of Woodcock alongside his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville). Reynolds soon meets young waitress Alma (Vicky Krieps) who becomes his…

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Downsizing Comes to a Fork in the Road and Takes the Wrong Path

Wherever you go there you are After a scientific breakthrough where scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall as a solution to overpopulation, Paul (Matt Damon) and his wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to throw…

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Bright is an Average, but Promising, First Step Toward Something Bigger

Bright is a look in a fictional world that’s similar to our own except for the fact the human history has included the existence of fantastical creatures like elves, orcs, fairies, and dragons. With the presence of these…

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