The fact that the phone was allowed to be in the room in the first place was annoying, but that aside, I think Wyatt Russell's performance carried this and helped me forgive some of the flaws. The way he progressed from a laid-back jokester to a man essentially destroyed and traumatized by his own life was just plain…

Cats rating other cats' profiles and cat videos would make for a brilliant episode.

This has me wondering what would happen if they could rate animals because polar bears would be floating off in the arctic somewhere with a 1.2 and then you'd have a bunch of suburban puppies rolling around with 4.97s

I wasn't feeling this one right off the bat, but it grew on me. The contrast between the pastel colors/phoniness of the environment and the buildup of anxiety was really well done, and this was a case where a lack of subtlety actually fit the story in a way. The score was such a great complement as well (as expected…

This one definitely deserves all the praise it's getting. This is one of those films that makes it impossible to single out any one performance, as they're all essential and work together extremely well. The cinematography is impeccable, too. Jenkins and Laxton get creative with the camera, and they really know how to…

MOONLIGHT: It's not my favorite of the year, but it's undoubtedly the most hopeful, lyrical, and quietly heartbreaking film I've seen in 2016. There is not one performance in here that is anything but fantastic, the score is unsettling yet enthralling, and the cinematography makes use of blue to create an abundance of…

Saw this last week, and it was not good at all. It’s just a poorly made film all around, and it’s filled to the brim with cringeworthy symbolism and a narrative that somehow sucks all the life out of an interesting true story. Parker’s clearly trying hard to be artsy and important, but that just cheapens the movie.…

Advance screening

The Birth of a Nation: What the hell are you smoking, Sundance? This isn't terrible overall, but it also isn't very good. An interesting story/exploration of faith are ruined here by Nate Parker's amateurish filmmaking techniques, most notably the cringeworthy "symbolic moments" and dream sequences. It also just…

The Birth of a Nation: What the hell are you smoking, Sundance? This isn't terrible overall, but it also isn't very good. An interesting story/exploration of faith are ruined here by Nate Parker's amateurish filmmaking techniques, most notably the cringeworthy "symbolic moments" and dream sequences. It also just…

Sully: I am so baffled by the reception this movie is getting. Let me sum it up for you: guy talks about plane. Plane crashes. Guy talks about plane. Plane crashes again. Many people talk about plane. Plane crashes again. To my knowledge, this fucking plane only landed in the river one fucking time so why do we have…

Sully: The most baffled I've been with a movie's reception in a while. What the hell, critics? Did we all watch the same "movie"? The dialogue is fucking awful, the emotion and tension are nonexistent—even in the climax—and the narrative collapses under the weight of all those stupid flashbacks and repetitive…

That would be accurate to say.

Encompasses several weekends:

The correct answer for the second question is Natasha Braier.

DEADWOOD "TELL HIM SOMETHING PRETTY" REVIEW (3x12)
“Wants me to tell him something pretty.”

DEADWOOD "The Catbird Seat" Review (3x11)
“The world is less than perfect.”

Probably Manchester By the Sea or La La Land. With regard to the former, I just watched The Assassination of Jesse James and man Casey Affleck is an underrated actor.

DEADWOOD "A Constant Throb" Review (3x10)
“I want…I want to know that I’m gonna be fucking heard, that what I have to fucking say will matter, will have some result. ‘Cause if not…then what’s the fucking point?”

I have no idea how I forgot to mention that, but yes.