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Mudbound Explores the Ties That Bind America
Mudbound follows two families, the Jacksons and the McAllans, one black one white, in the Mississippi Delta who farm on the same land. Two sons from each respective family return to the Delta after serving in World War…
Read More »Good Time is Uniquely Unforgettable
Good Time follows Constantine Nikas (Robert Pattinson) and his wild night on the streets of New York following a botched bank robbery that lands his mentally disabled brother Nick (Benny Safdie) in jail. Desperate to get Nick out,…
Read More »Columbus Beautifully Examines the Pain of Dysfunctional Parenting
“You need to stop feeling bad.” “Yeah. So do you.” The son of a renowned architecture scholar Jin (John Cho) flies to Columbus, Indiana to be by his father’s side after he suddenly falls ill. While there, Jin…
Read More »The Hitman’s Bodyguard Satisfyingly Recalls Buddy-Cop Films of Yesteryear
After losing his career as a AAA-rated bodyguard for hire, Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) is called upon by his ex-girlfriend Amelia Roussel (Elodie Yung) to protect prolific hitman, and witness in an upcoming trial at the International Court…
Read More »A Cure For Wellness Just Misses Being Great
In A Cure for Wellness, Mr. Lockhart (Dane DeHaan), an ambitious young Wall Streeter is sent to retrieve his company’s AWOL CFO from a remote medical facility in the Swiss Alps located at the former site of a…
Read More »Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is Frustratingly Close to Perfection
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets introduces us to 28th century special operatives Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) who work together to enforce the law in the glaxy while navigating their complicated feelings for…
Read More »Detroit is an Unflinching Look at American Justice
“Past is prologue” In the midst of the tumultuous Detroit riots of 1967, reports of a sniper send Detroit PD, the Michigan State Police, and the National Guard to the Algiers Hotel in search of the shooter. After…
Read More »War for the Planet of the Apes Continues Visual Wizardry, Stumbles Overall
Deuteronomy 34:1-4 Following the events of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his group of mentally evolved apes in what used to be the San Francisco area are in the middle of an armed…
Read More »Dunkirk is a Clinic in the Art of Film-making
Dunkirk is the latest film from director Christopher Nolan, taking us into WWII Dunkirk, France as German forces have pinned allied forces from the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Canada against the English Channel, dive-bombing the…
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Wind River is a Haunting Look at a Forgotten People
“Sometimes I get so mad I just wanna fight the whole world, you understand?” “Yeah, I do. But I fight the feeling. I figured the world would win.” In Wind River, US Fish and Wildlife Service agent Cory…
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