Runtime: 2 hours, 15 minutes Rating: R Director: Spike Lee Quick Impressions: I almost didn’t venture out to see a movie last night because I came down with the flu on Saturday and spent the entire week holed up in my house, stewing in my contagion. But by Thursday evening, …
Runtime: 1 hour, 56 minutesRating: RDirector: Susanna Fogel Quick Impressions:If anyone working in entertainment today seems like she’d probably have a less funny best friend who was dumped by a spy, it’s Kate McKinnon. She’s one of those people who makes a complicated first impression. (Imagine someone pointing at each …
Rating: PGRuntime: 1 hour, 33 minutesDirector: Genndy Tartakovsky Quick Impressions:My three-year-old sat through this movie, a quiet victory that managed to dispel the bad mood that had enshrouded my husband for most of the morning. Though it’s bright, colorful, and visually engaging (as you’d expect from a Genndy Tartakovsky project), …
Runtime: 1 hour, 33 minutesRating: RDirector: Bo Burnham Quick Impressions:From the time I started sixth grade to the time I finished eighth, I went to five different schools, in four different cities, in two different states. I actually started out in middle school, only to move and find myself back …
Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 1 hour, 42 minutesDirector: Rawson Marshall Thurber Quick Impressions:I’ve been dying to see this movie for the longest time. From the trailers (which are full of deliberate misdirection, by the way), Skyscraper looks like an inspired mashup of Die Hard and The Towering Inferno with the Rock …
Rating: R Runtime: 1 hour, 45 minutes Director: Boots Riley Quick Impressions: “That movie is awesome!” my husband declared in the parking lot after the show. “It may be my favorite of the year. If nothing else, it’s my second favorite after the Mr. Rogers movie.” I was so relieved. …
Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 1 hour, 43 minutes Director: Charles Stone III Quick Impressions: I used to watch basketball with my grandpa. I vividly remember hanging out up in his bedroom watching the 1989 NBA finals, the Lakers (his team) versus the Pistons (who won). I wasn’t exactly what you’d call …
Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 2 hours, 8 minutes Director: J.A. Bayona Quick Impressions: This movie has amazing cinematography and a lackluster script. At least, the dialogue is pretty weak. The story itself is not bad and does really pick up towards the end. Still, I think the script could have used …
Runtime: 1 hour, 56 minutesRating: RDirector: Bart Layton Quick Impressions:When I was in grad school at the University of Texas, I took a class on paratext that met in the Harry Ransom Center, (the rare books library/archive on campus that houses a daunting and vast collection of valuable manuscripts). Security …
Runtime: 1 hour, 58 minutesRating: PGDirector: Brad Bird Quick Impressions:If you have epilepsy triggered by flashing lights, this movie will probably give you a seizure. A notice posted at the entrance of the auditorium did mention this, but that notice was printed on a standard 8.5 by 11 sheet of …
