Hunter Lanier

Despite the many things it does right, atmosphere and casting, mostly, it doesn’t give you any reason to remember it.

Had these themes of accepting the consequences of actions, living up to one’s word, the moral weakness of youth been better capitalized on, or had a little fun been had, The Green Knight would have done a better job at earning itself a place in the storybooks.

None of the set pieces are inventive, and the dialogue is either overly serious or hacky ha-has. In addition to the bland everyman at the center of the story, all the supporting characters are soulless mouthpieces.

Gaia uses its atmosphere to great effect.

The mundane is only as mundane as you make it, and the supernatural can be painfully mundane.

Drunk Bus, directed by Brandon Laganke and John Carlucci, is a deja-vu inducing coming-of-age story with enough character and good cheer to make you forgive how unadventurous it is.

Instead of stitching together interviews and footage into a chronological plot, Wharton goes with the proverbial flow.

There’s much to like about Hope, but it’s the honesty I liked best.

Giving a boxing movie a philosophical back-alley brain transplant is just maniacal enough to work, especially when you consider the psychological discipline and physicality required to perform at a high level in any sport. In this way, In Full Bloom functions as a visually exciting tone poem and as a soulful reflection on battle.

While it could have easily been a dark comedy, and almost is, instead, it’s perfectly sincere.