Tag: Drama
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 »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…
Read More »The Beguiled Hits All the Right Notes
The Beguiled finds Corporal John McBurney, Union soldier during the American Civil War, recovering in an all-girls seminary, after retreating into the Virginia forest during battle after suffering a severe leg injury. John is discovered by student Amy…
Read More »Beatriz at Dinner Has Something to Say. Loudly.
Beatriz (Salma Hayek) is an immigrant from a village in Mexico, that has since been destroyed, now living in Los Angeles working as an alternative medicinal healer and massage therapist. While stranded at her client Cathy’s (Connie Britton)…
Read More »All Eyez on Me Falls Short of Its Subject’s Immense Legacy
All Eyez on Me follows the life of the black James Dean, legendary rapper/actor Tupac “2Pac” Shakur (Demetrius Shipp Jr.). The film follows his life from his birth in New York City to Black Panther activist Afeni Shakur…
Read More »Hounds of Love Shines While Tackling Tough Subject Matter
Hounds of Love takes place in 1987, following serial killer couple John and Evelyn White (Stephen Curry and Emma Booth) in Perth, Australia. While searching for their next victim, they happen upon Vicki Maloney (Ashleigh Cummings), a high…
Read More »Okja
In Okja, a young girl and granddaughter of a farmer named Mija (Ahn Seo Hyun) spends her time caring for a giant super-pig named Okja, created by the Mirando Corporation. Suddenly, she finds her companion reclaimed by Mondo…
Read More »Colossal: The First Film Examining Millennial Life
Get Out, 2017’s first runaway hit, was a genre film serving as metaphors for larger social issues and with the release of Colossal, this trend has continued into the first 3rd of the year. Colossal uses a monster…
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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…
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