Cooper Raiff stars in this too, as Alex, and his performance really rang true. For anyone who has gone to university and expected that some kind of magic to kick in that transforms you into this coolest person in the Read more…
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I am an avid watcher of A24 movies. I loved the title of this, but wasn’t sure what to expect in a movie about hairdressers. I loved the whole ensemble cast, but Clare Perkins as Cleve was a real revelation Read more…
I didn’t know the Minecraft movie was directed by the director of Napoleon Dynamite and Gentlemen Broncos. Would that have changed my mind about wanting to see it? Probably not. I had a similar attitude to it as Seth Rogen Read more…
I think I was expecting something a little more along the lines of American Splendor, but the funny pages in this are more catalysts, in a world that travels along with some interesting old men, which from the couple of Read more…
I liked this. Nothing new really happening with it, but I liked the characters and the way the story unfolded. Chloe Sevigny was in these kind of things back in the 90s. But it’s Chloe Sevigny, so if she’s doing Read more…
I thought this was a funny idea — an interesting gimmick. I did not expect to become invested in it, and at one point where one of the actors lays bare how much the project means to him, to feel Read more…
I never saw any of the Twilight movies, so if there was a reason to not like Kristen Stewart, I never got muddled up in it. She has been in some excellent movies, most recently Love Lies Bleeding, which I Read more…
I did not go into this expecting much. I haven’t really liked any of the so-called live action movies at all. This one got more than it’s fair share of hatred — based around “casting choices”, meaning the choice of Read more…
Taraji P. Henson as Janiyah Wiltkinson is a powerhouse in this. I also loved Teyana Taylor as Detective Raymond. The connection she forged and the viewpoint she took as an officer Sherri Shepherd as Nicole, the branch manager in this, Read more…
A stand off between Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal in a Western by Ari Aster. That line is packed with so much goodness as a description, because if, like me, you are a fan of each of these men, you Read more…