FIRST REFORMED (2018)
“(Ethan Hawke’s aching pain and tortured piety were spectacular rich and worthy.".”
Read MoreWITHOUT FILM, SOMETHING SLEEPS INSIDE US AND SELDOM AWAKENS. THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN.
“(Ethan Hawke’s aching pain and tortured piety were spectacular rich and worthy.".”
Read More“Shoplifters slowly coils you in an entrancingly satisfying blanket of warmth and affection from the bitter cold of the world around. “
Read More“A cinematic art piece with thumping jazz accentuating the smoky swirls, both literal and figurative. “
Read More“it felt more like a joke homage about Predator films than an earnest & violent killer Predator flick”
Read More‘ I didn’t find the humor in its jabs, the joy in the idiosyncrasies, or the real ability to root around in the other unpleasantness on display”
Read More“The epitome of dark commercial style trumping any kind of worthwhile substance”
Read More“electrifies that final girl genre fence and battles inside it”
Read More“A solid and vaguely enjoyable afternoon/evening time passer, but forgettable”
Read More“A wicked delight with a distinctly downtrodden and bitter aftertaste.”
Read More“Mary could not conjure any strange alchemy to morph the inert stone in my chest”
Read More“… just nailing the basics and letting the actors do the tremendous job that they can”
Read More“There might be singes or small slices, but the blood and pain just wouldn’t gush out.”
Read More“At least it engaged both my adult intellectual faculties and my Disney childlike humor.”
Read More“It might be my favorite Spider-Man film of all-time.”
Read More“I liked it but the universal love that appears to be its birthright avoided me. “
Read More“A tasty bit of popular cinema but with an artist’s eye and independent panache “
Read More“There is a strange mixture of adoration for the rugged lawlessness while also kicking that stereotype in the side while it soundly sleeps.”
Read More“creeping maw of devastation and cold darkness that slowly gnaws, grinding away at hope and happiness“
Read More“ movie that begins and ends with (Live Aid) performance only mustered a faint whimper of that majesty.”
Read More“The Raid meets A Bittersweet Life/Man From Nowhere is a pretty simple way to state it “
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