Capsule Reviews Capsule Reviews: Black Panther; Annihilation; Red Sparrow 10 Mar 201811 Sep 2019 Black Panther Nothing—not even the Second Coming or a collaboration between My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy-era Kanye and Kid A-era Radiohead—could live up to the hype Ryan Coogler's Black Panther was subjected to.…
Movie Reviews Mojave 21 Jan 201612 Nov 2017 United States. Directed by William Monahan, 2015. Starring Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund, Mark Wahlberg, Louise Bourgoin, Walton Goggins, Fran Kranz. 93 minutes. 2/10 What makes for good film writing? A solid narrative…
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2015 in Film… The 2015 OFCS Awards 14 Dec 201518 Oct 2016 2015's awards season is well underway, and since I belong to the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS), I've spent the last few weeks catching up with the year's best non-genre…
Movie Reviews Ex Machina 20 Apr 201517 Oct 2016 United Kingdom. Directed by Alex Garland, 2015. Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac. 108 minutes. Ex Machina stars Domnhall Gleeson (Frank) as Caleb, a code monkey for Bluebook, a Google-in-all-but-name tech company whose flagship product…
