Directed by Justin Baldoni Alright so I watched the sick kids falling in love movie. I don't mean to be reductive or to take away from the story here, but Five Feet Apart is a young adult romance that very much just follows the template of 2014's The Fault in Our Stars. Going back even further it's … Continue reading Five Feet Apart (2019)
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Support the Girls (2018)
Directed by Andrew Bujalski Support the Girls looks at a day in the life of the general manager of a Hooters-like restaurant somewhere in Texas. Regina Hall plays that manager, Lisa, who is overtired, under appreciated (by some) but nonetheless compassionate and giving to everyone around her. She is a beacon, in some ways, the … Continue reading Support the Girls (2018)
Operation Finale (2018)
Directed by Chris Weitz Operation Finale announces itself as an important movie. How does a movie do that? Well I'm note sure, but this one does. There is a long Mission Impossible-ish opening credit sequence, a pretty great cast of actors, loads of music cues, the Nazis, a fall release and all the things you typically … Continue reading Operation Finale (2018)
Columbus (2017) [Revisited]
Directed by Kogonada "Your mother, did she do meth?" Columbus looks to have been made with other films in mind. At one point during the soothing, walk and talk movie, Jin (John Cho) points out to Casey (Haley Lu Richardson) that their respective problems aren't easy to solve because, this "isn't a movie." It's one … Continue reading Columbus (2017) [Revisited]
Split (2016)
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan Split is noteworthy because it's an M. Night Shyamalan movie, the second in this horror-rebirth portion of his career following 2015's The Visit. After a hot start to his career with The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs and to some extent even The Village, Shyamalan's career tailed off as his films became more of a slog to get … Continue reading Split (2016)