“‘Summerland’ Is Far from a Vacation”

I was surprised to learn that this is in fact not a movie based on the Everclear song of the same name, but instead another entry in Gemma Arterton’s period movie resume. Continue reading →

“‘How to Build a Girl’ Betrays Its Blueprints”

How to build a girl? Start with a good script. Continue reading →

Review: Their Finest, 2017, dir. Lone Scherfig

The last Lone Scherfig thing I saw was 2015’s The Riot Club, and I don’t mind saying that her latest film, Their Finest, is a step up from that. (Not that The Riot Club is bad or anything. I just wish she’d gotten to the point faster, though years later I wonder if that’s a burn on me … Continue reading →

Review: The Voices, 2015, dir. Marjane Satrapi

“There’s nothing wrong with talking to your pets. But if they start talking back, well, that’s a cause for concern. Such is the magical realist scenario director Marjane Satrapi explores in The Voices. Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) is an upbeat and peculiar factory worker who spends his time at home having conversations with his cat, an … Continue reading →