Don’t give up on your dreams: The Rider
Despite lacking in dramatic intensity like its non-professional leading actor, The Rider is a perceptive character study that blends fact and fiction… Continue Reading
2017
I want you to hurt them: You Were Never Really Here
Defying expectations with an atypical thriller, Lynne Ramsay creates a surprising character study that benefits from a stellar performance by Joaquin Phoenix… Continue Reading
Hate begets greater anger: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Relying on a wonderful cast, McDonagh creates a film full of compassion about lost characters struggling to find meaning for their wrecked existences… Continue Reading
Without victory there can be no survival: Darkest Hour
Gary Oldman delivers another great performance but in a superficial film that doesn’t even try to escape the typical clichés found in so many biographies… Continue Reading
Like a zombie in a maze: The Greatest Showman
Glossing over all the controversies surrounding the real P.T. Barnum, this is an overly sanitized musical with no ambition and made for easy consumption… Continue Reading
Best and Worst Movies of 2017
The best and worst movies released worldwide in 2017 (in order of preference) and a complete list of all films watched this year… Continue Reading