Film

The gays deserve better. What started as a sweet and steamy retro lesbian U-Haul romance story quickly devolved into soap opera level twists and turns in the criminal thriller plot. I think the second half was supposed to be shocking,…

An extremely beautiful film, Aftersun is a slow, melancholic, and nostalgic story on childhood, fatherhood, depression, and our memories of the important people in our lives. Every scene felt extremely relatable to me, with much of the film focused on simply…

For a movie that truly values sincerity, why must it dangle keys in my face as if I’m a baby that needs to be kept entertained? A good story, with a good idea for telling it, is bogged down by…

Avatar: The Way of Water whips ass—no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Unless you really disliked the first movie, go see it on the biggest screen you can. See it not simply for the visuals (though it does look…

An intensely sad but darkly funny contemplation of what the point of all this is, the various ways we can try to feel satisfied in life, and how we should treat one another. It was deeply moving. I’d highly recommend…

After finishing the great trilogy of Star Trek TV series—The Next Generation (TNG), Deep Space Nine, and Voyager—I set out on watching all mainline Star Trek films (i.e., the first ten, which excludes J.J. Abrams’ prequel reboot series) prior to…