The Last Thing He Wanted Directed by Dee ReesWritten by Marco Villalobos, Dee Rees The review: This was the kind of subpar movie where even analyzing what went wrong didn’t make it more fun. I [...]
Loser Directed by Amy HeckerlingWritten by Amy Heckerling The review: This is an excellent chronicle* of not fitting in** and has a killer 2000-era soundtrack.*** While I found the performances [...]
The Words Directed by Brian Klugman and Lee SternthalWritten by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal The review: In 2012, the trailer for this film was paired with every movie I watched in theaters [...]
Down Terrace Directed by Ben WheatleyWritten by Ben Wheatley, Robin Hill The review: The blurbs told me this was a dark comedy and a comedic British version of the Sopranos and at the beginning, [...]
A Quiet Passion Directed by Terence DaviesWritten by Terence Davies The review: Oh my god, there’s quiet, and then there’s glacial and uninteresting.* There is passion and then there’s randomly [...]
Plus One Directed by Jeff Chan and Andrew RhymerWritten by Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer The review: I need to like the couple at the center of a rom-com, and though I found Maya Erskine* [...]
Welcome to Me Directed by Shira PivenWritten by Eliot Laurence The review: I wasn’t having a great mental health day when I watched this film that attempts to find humor in a mental health [...]
The Kissing Booth 2 Directed by Vince MarcelloWritten by Vince Marcello, Jay S. Arnold The review: Good gravy, don’t teenage girls deserve story logic like teenage boys do?* Nothing in this film [...]