<p>The biggest key to <em>Get Out</em> is how much thought and care and skill went into the production. Every performance is great, every scene has an ultimate purpose, and it’s shot beautifull...
<p> <em>John Wick: Chapter 2</em> might not be able to recapture that surprise, but it’s a worthy follow up that expands upon the original.</p>...
<p>There are different ways to look at <em>Lego Batman</em>, depending on how you approach it; most likely as either a Batman movie or another Lego movie. It status as both puts it in kind of a weird ...
<p><em>Logan</em> affirms my belief that the PG-13 nature of most Superhero movies hampers their action. This movie has the same director, James Mangold, as <em>The Wolverine</em> but the ac...
<p><em>La La Land</em> opens on a traffic jam on the Los Angeles freeway. People begin to sing, get out of their cars and burst into a big musical number. It’s the movie declaring itself an old...
<p><em>Paterson</em> is about a bus driver in Paterson New Jersey, named Paterson, who writes poetry. It takes place over the course of a week in his life.</p>...
<p>I honestly wasn’t that excited for <em>Moana</em>. I was pretty sure it would be good but from the brief bits I saw in the trailer nothing about it especially captured my attention. There were ju...
<p>Directed by Paul Verhoeven (<em>RoboCop</em>, <em>Total Recall</em>), <em>Elle</em> is an impressive feat of filmmaking. I’m more impressed with this film than I like it, although ...
<p><em>Rogue One</em> is an interesting case where it both feels like a very good response to the problems of <em>The Force Awakens</em> but it also kind of lacks the high points that made t...
<p>It’s charming and enough of a mess to be an entertaining watch.</p><p>The weirdness of <em>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them</em> comes from the odd structure of the story and the fact...