As the opening scroll explains, following a reduced demand for sheetrock, Empire, Nevada shut down its plant and turned into a ghost town. After this and the death of her husband, Fern (Frances McDormand) decides to sell off most of her belongings and become a nomad. She travels all around the country, working various odd …
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No more Mr. Nice Guy
So this is what feminist rage looks like. (Unmarked Spoilers) Cassandra “Cassie” Thomas (Carey Mulligan) is a coffee shop worker by day but a whole different person by night. She goes to a bar and acts super intoxicated until a “nice guy” who thinks that basic human decency entitles them to sex offers to help. …
As the T-800 said to the trucker…
How should he have known to get out?. (Unmarked Spoilers) Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) should have known to get out because before he even meets the parents of his girlfriend, Rose Armitage (Allison Williams), they hit and kill a deer with their car. Then the police officer who arrives on the scene asks to see Chris’ …
The De Niro
The overindulgent retread that real critics rushed to shower with praise. After watching this movie with my dad, he wondered aloud what it would be like for a newcomer to watch The Irishman. Someone unfamiliar with Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, or Joe Pesci and wouldn’t watch the movie with that background in their mind. To …
Ironic title story
Look, every headline can’t be gold. Marriage Story concerns the lives of Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlette Johansson), who, after several years of marriage, have decided to get a divorce. At first, my sympathy lay with Nicole because, by all appearances, Charlie was a terrible husband. Then intentionally or not, Nicole does several things that …
The joys of having a sister
A good movie to start the year off with Little Women follows the lives of four sisters who are, of course, the little women of the title. Jo (Saoirse Ronan) wants to be a writer. Meg (Emma Watson) is a poor housewife. Amy (Florence Pugh) is under pressure to marry rich to take care of the rest …
Ta tatatatta tatatat ta tatata ta tatata
After 42 years, it all leads up to this…until Star Wars Episode X Palpatine’s back b*****s. How? The force, I guess…does it matter? This way, we don’t have to deal with a whole movie of Kylo Ren (Adam Driver). I know he thinks his Uncle Luke (Mark Hamil) was going to kill him, but that …
Number’s up
And then there were… Jesus, look at the cast of this movie. You have master detective Bond, James Bond (Daniel Craig) investigating the death of Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer). The suspects include (deep breathe) Captain America (Chris Evans), Joi (Ana de Armas), Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), John Givings, Jr. (NSFW)(Michael Shannon), Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson), …
King of Comedy 2: Why so serious?
His dance moves are certainly better than Tobey Maguire‘s Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is a man whose whole life sucks. He can’t find a source of steady employment, mental illness has left him struggling with recognizing social cues, and the city he’s living in is going to hell in a hand basket. A serious of …
Is it Rocketman or Rocket Man?
No, seriously. I’m confused. Rocketman tells the “true” story of a gay, British musician and the trials and turbulences that come with a life of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. Coming right off the heels of Bohemian Rhapsody, a movie with the same premise and director Dexter Fletcher. Or at least the parts that weren’t already …
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