there isn’t a sense of winning or losing – merely weathering the periods of time when the villainy of banks and the government are at their most extreme. To its credit, “The Big Short” is able to use humor to bring levity to the horrors of financial ruin. But even the exposed tru...
And there are times when the McKay-esque style works against “Brexit,” making it feel flashier than it needed to be. I found “Brexit” most interesting in its calmer beats such as the aforementioned focus group scene and a great one late in the film as Cummings and Oliver get a drin...
a quiet place, a quiet place day one, film, film review, film reviews, films, lupita nyong'o, michael sarnoski, movie, movies, reviews Significantly weaker than the previous two, especially the first one. I was waiting for the character to sacrifice herself, but her story was disappointingl...
Adam McKay's all-star comedy vehicle is about a bunch of Wall Street wiseguys who made a mint out of the financial crisis.
Though for the most part dedicated to the Berlin scene – in particular the ground-breaking progressive electronic artists of the “Berlin school” – the film also includes a number of bands and solo artists from other German cities. In fact, the sizeable segment dedicated to the Berlin scene...
You wonder why these film makers--director Genevieve Robert and executive producer Ivan Reitman--wanted to do the movie in the first place. If the script is dubious, the direction matches it. The cast is less directed than exploited. Lea Thompson crinkles constantly; Victoria Jackson does her...
The film never glorifies sex work but shows just how big the industry is and how valuable it is for certain people’s way of living. A few content creators get to showcase how they produce their own content and how much work they actually put into it to make a living. Getting to see...
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those sequences don’t disappoint. But the film is less interested in the viscera than the murderous strategic genius who lured enemies on to literal thin ice, or turned their own cannons on them. That overlap between subject and storyteller comes sharply into focus: Phoenix, conducting grand ...