Emma Stone
Movie Review: Poor Things
3.5 stars out of 5 Dear Poor Things:Where The Wild Things Are called; it wants its font treatment back. OK, on to the review! For the first 30–45 minutes, I was entranced by this film, laughing out loud, prepared to re-order my top movies of the year, and ready to hand the Best Actress Oscar […]
Movie Review: The Favourite
4 stars out of 5 As I’ve stated before, costume dramas aren’t really my thing. But in the past 2.5 years, Yorgos Lanthimos — with The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and Dogtooth (which I saw on home video) — has quickly become one of my fave filmmakers. Plus, we all know my […]
Movie Review: Irrational Man
4 stars out of 5 Every time Woody Allen makes a movie, I go see that movie, and I tend to enjoy them. If that makes me an irrational man in your eyes, so be it. This time around, I was really impressed that, despite the comforting presence of many Allen touchstones, he was still […]
Movie Review: Magic in the Moonlight
3.5 stars out of 5 We have kind of an arrangement: Woody Allen makes movies, and I go see them. There’s a certain comfort level. The credits font, the old-timey music. I always think they’re good—and sometimes they’re very good. Sometimes they’re more developed, and sometimes—like with this one—they’re more like a novella. Or maybe […]
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