SEARCHING (2018)
“Perhaps, at times, it pushes a bit too hard, but the effort and construction works overall.”
Read MoreEIGHTH GRADE (2018)
“I must wholeheartedly express that it may not sound fun or enthralling, but it is vivid and wonderful”
Read MoreLEAVE NO TRACE (2018)
“Melancholic but hopeful, well realized despite its minimalism. “
Read MoreSUPER DARK TIMES (2017)
“captures a sorrow and hopefulness within its entirety, which is a fitting analogy to my remembrances on pubescence. “
Read MoreTULLY (2018)
“Standard Diablo Cody script wit and savvy while Theron nails her disenchanted and run ragged motherly persona”
Read MoreHEREDITARY (2018)
“I just personally wish that the eerie and eidolic pushed me to my edge or shook me, rather than intrigue me to ponder the mysteries. “
Read MoreA QUIET PLACE (2018)
"It is a novel experience and works well; a basic idea executed with aplomb."Read More
MUTE (2018)
"It could have been so much more flavorful, sustaining, and extraordinary than it was."Read More
ANNIHILATION (2018)
"But to the book, it just is not as special. Leaves one wondering but doesn't retain the “wonder”."Read More
WONDER (2017)
"I didn’t find it cute enough, special enough, funny enough, or sad enough."Read More
LOVELESS (2017)
" Loveless is a harsh existence as cold and unforgiving as the Siberian wind, sublime and destructive."Read More
VICTORIA & ABDUL (2017)
"Pour some gratuitous melodrama on top (of monotony), and you get a heartburn inducing meal. "Read More
ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ. (2017)
"An OK film that tries hard at times, but never quite coalesces."Read More
A FANTASTIC WOMAN (2017)
"...strong moments of pain, dejection, and sorrow within the existence of this trans woman."Read More
ON BODY AND SOUL (2017)
'A slow and heavily idiosyncratic film that grew into its strange little place, however despairingly alien or acutely European subdued that might be."Read More
MUDBOUND (2017)
"It was intensely gorgeous, with a soulful attachment to the setting and the soil that came through in each frame."Read More
2018 OSCAR LIVE ACTION SHORTS
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THE SHAPE OF WATER (2017)
"...to die in its arms and sink to a watery grave would be such a heavenly way to go."Read More
ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD (2017)
"Never particularly wowing, it is still a solid piece of Hollywood film-making."Read More
PHANTOM THREAD (2017)
"There is uncomfortable squirm mixed with a warm treacle of soulmate level intimacy."Read More