Hope and despair is the equivalent to the metaphorically persuasive angel and the devil on the shoulders of one of God’s lonely souls, a pastor at the titular First Reformed church. The establishment is about to celebrate its 250th anniversary regardless of the fact that attendance has gone the way of the dodo (among other […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – Revenge
Revenge, 2018. Written and Directed by Coralie Fargeat. Starring Matilda Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, and Guillaume Bouchède. SYNOPSIS: Never take your mistress on an annual guys’ getaway, especially one devoted to hunting – a violent lesson for three wealthy married men. The comically but altogether disgustingly unrealistic amounts of blood dripping from characters both male and female, soaked […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – Fast Color
It is movingly fitting that one of the only superhuman-based films centered on women (in this case, generations of women with Gugu Mbatha-Raw and her growing star power, underrated television character actor Lorraine Toussaint, and youngster Saniyya Sidney bonding and making amends while also going even further back reading ancestral passages from a handed diary) focuses […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – Bodied
Whatever opinions one may have on rap music, specifically battle rapping, are strongly advised to be left at the door; either way, you’re coming away from Bodied (backed by notable industry talent comprised of producer Eminem, writer Kid Twist, and go-to music video director Joseph Kahn) with an updated perspective. However, the real pleasant surprise is just […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival Capsule Review 2018 – Damsel
Robert Pattinson is a lover, not a fighter. Playing a businessman named Samuel in the days of the old West, he decides to travel across the country to reunite with his beloved fiancé Penelope (Mia Wasikowska, who I’ll have you know right off the bat is more than just the titular damsel in distress) believing […]
Movie Review – Dark Crimes (2018)
Dark Crimes, 2018. Directed by Alexandros Avranas. Starring Jim Carrey, Martin Csokas, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kati Outinen, Vlad Ivanov, Agata Kulesza, Robert Wieckiewicz, Piotr Glowacki, and Zbigniew Zamachowski. SYNOPSIS: A murder investigation of a slain businessman turns to clues found in an author’s book about an eerily similar crime. Based on the 2008 article “True Crimes […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – Beast
As Beast goes on the question shifts from “is Pascal a serial killer?” to “if Pascal is a serial killer, are these two perfect for each other in a demented Natural Born Killers kind of way?”, which is where Michael Pearce likes to repeatedly flip the motives and truth on the audience. The trick never fully wears thin, but […]
Movie Review – Disobedience (2018)
Disobedience, 2018. Written and Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Starring Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola, Anton Lesser, Cara Horgan, Nicholas Woodeson, Allan Corduner, Sophia Brown, and Bernice Stegers. SYNOPSIS: A woman returns to the community that shunned her for her attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries […]
Movie Review – Tully (2018)
Tully, 2018. Directed by Jason Reitman. Starring Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston, Mark Duplass, Lia Frankland, Asher Miles Fallica, Gameela Wright, Joshua Pak, Elaine Tan, and Colleen Wheeler. SYNOPSIS: Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to […]
Movie Review – The Rider (2018)
The Rider, 2018. Written and Directed by Chloe Zhao. Starring Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau, Lane Scott, Terri Dawn Pourier, Tanner Langdeau, James Calhoon, Cat Clifford, and Derrick Janis. SYNOPSIS: After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man […]
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