Rating: RRuntime: 2 hours, 15 minutesDirector: Alfonso Cuarón Quick Impressions:As the end credits appeared, I turned to my husband and admitted in dismay, “This is so embarrassing, but I have no idea why that film was called Roma.” He didn’t know either, but that’s less embarrassing for him because he …
Rating: PGRuntime: 1 hour, 57 minutesDirectors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman Quick Impressions:Spider-Man is having a good year. Just a few weeks ago, I watched my husband and daughter play through that amazing new Spider-Man game by Insomniac on the PS4. That video game has a spectacular story, great …
Rating: PG-13Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutesDirector: Julian Schanbel Quick Impressions:I liked this much more than The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (the last Julian Schnabel offering I saw), which is not surprising because I didn’t like that film at all. I wanted to like it, but I had trouble connecting …
Rating: RRuntime: 1 hour, 55 minutesDirector: Joel Edgerton Quick Impressions: Boy Erased is not always an easy movie to watch. (We’ve put it off for a while, concerned that the intense material might make the viewing experience torturous.) Based on the memoir of the same name by Garrard Conley, Boy …
Rating: RRuntime: 2 hours, 13 minutes Directors: Ethan and Joel Coen Quick Impressions:I watched this movie at home because my mercurial three-year-old fell asleep much earlier than I expected, so I thought, “Why not?” Last year, I reviewed the Netflix original film Mudbound after screening it at home (my only option …
Rating: R Runtime: 1 hour, 59 minutes Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Quick Impressions: I can’t remember ever seeing a film shot in fisheye before. I always think of fisheye as an obnoxious setting on phone cameras used primarily for killing time by making your loved ones look like they’re in a …
Rating: PG-13Runtime: 2 hours, 9 minutesDirector: Peter Farrelly Quick Impressions:Immediately after the movie I said to my husband, “If Mahershala Ali is really playing the piano, then he will definitely win Best Supporting Actor.” He’s not. I’m pretty sure he’ll win Best Supporting Actor, regardless, but cursory research reveals that …
Runtime: 1 hour, 52 minutesRating: PG-13Directors: Phil Johnston and Rich Moore Quick Impressions:“I can’t wait to see Ralph break the internet!” my three-year-old exclaimed in delight on the drive to the theater. Then ten seconds later, he fell asleep. That was hardly surprising since he’d woken up at 4:00 that …
Rating: PG-13Runtime: 2 hours, 14 minutesDirector: David Yates. Quick Impressions:If someone told you, “J.K. Rowling just wrote a new Harry Potter book,” would you scream, “What??!! How soon can I get my hands on it???!” or would you shrug and say, “Cool. When they make it into a movie maybe …
Rating: RRuntime: 2 hours, 9 minutesDirector: Steve McQueen Quick Impressions:British director Steve McQueen (Shame, Twelve Years a Slave) and American writer Gillian Flynn (Sharp Objects, Dark Places, Gone Girl) each use horrific, graphic violence in really different ways, so I was shocked and intrigued when I learned the two had …
