I have to admit that I was dragged to this one. The preview gave me the impression that it was in the One Righteous Woman on a Crusade genre with an extra scoop of hatred of religion, and I just had no interest in that. Fortunately, I wrong. There is a woman, Mildred Hayes (Frances … Continue reading Movie review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Hostiles is a Western in the "The Old West is dying" sub-genre. The frontier is represented by the main character, Captain Joe Blocker (Christian Bale), and Cheyenne Chief Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi). Chief Yellow Hawk has been imprisoned for seven years and is now riddled with cancer. For political reasons related to the rising tide of … Continue reading Movie review: Hostiles (2017)
I, Tonya is a usually skillfully done and well acted telling of the story of Tonya Harding, the Olympic skater forever infamous for her involvement in a conspiracy to take out one of her competitors, Nancy Kerrigan. For those of you not old enough to remember, this story enraptured the country, and probably the world, as … Continue reading Movie review: I, Tonya (2017)
Pakistani immigrant and stand-up comedian Kumail Nanjiani ("Silicon Valley," playing himself) falls for Emily (Zoe Kazan), a white American girl, but the relationship falls apart because he is afraid of being disowned by his family if things go any further. When Emily falls gravely ill and needs to be placed in a medically induced coma, … Continue reading Movie review: The Big Sick (2017)
Just a hair shy of halfway through The Last Jedi, I thought it had lost me for good. Rey (Daisy Ridley) was dicking around with Luke Skywalker on some godforsaken island that is just one big cliff. Meanwhile, in another star system, there was some stupid humor. Knowing there was still a long way to go, … Continue reading Movie review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
