Tag: 7.1

Tarantino mourns the loss of cinema's glossiness in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, bridging nostalgia and honesty through fiction.

Kevin Costner As a Wise Dog Man’s best friend. Almost immediately, everyone begins thinking of their favorite dog. It’s a maudlin sentiment, but one that has power for many …

George Romero and Dario Argento Come Together Two genre legends join forces for the terrifying shocker Two Evil Eyes. The horror anthology is split between two separate features directed …

Gator Needs Food Badly Played straight despite the concept’s absurdity, Crawl brings genuine thriller tactics between moments of blundering decision making. There’s not much call to take action against …

Dubios-er It’s difficult to create a more non-manly archetype than Stu (Kumail Nanjiani). He doesn’t use guns. He works at a retail store. Nutrition matters to him. Stu cried …

Good Efficient Butchery Paul Davis (Paolo Malco) buys a gay porn magazine at a New York newsstand. The operator collects the cash, covers the mag with a newspaper, and …

Asking Who We Are – Without Answers Marc Streitenfeld composes a masterful theme for Prometheus. Violins rise, evoking a feeling of wonderment, discovery, and emotional excitement. There’s none of …

Give and Take The Hate U Give’s most pressing scene happens in a private school soon after a young black man is shot and killed by a white cop. …

Instant Script There isn’t a surprise in Instant Family’s story. It’s a movie made to pull some heartstrings and push out a few sarcastic laughs. For that, it’s fine. …

Creed’s Screed It’s difficult to imagine a Rocky reset keeping the legacy together better than Creed. As with the best films in this series, Creed doesn’t rely on only …

Breaking Chicago Widows is a basic heist movie. It opens with a shoot-out. Chased by police, robbers attempt an escape in their van, firing shots from the open rear …

Looking for Right Set at the 1960’s end, Bad Times at the El Royale plays to its period. It’s a story of seven people coming together inadvertently, each likely …