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david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 20, 2018

Generation Wealth: Filthy Lucre Live, by David Bax

I watched Lauren Greenfield’s Generation Wealth in a screening room on Rodeo Dr. in Beverly Hills. During its tour through conspicuous consumption, I recognized on the screen the stores that were just outside and up the street. I looked at...

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July 12, 2018

Home Video Hovel: Shakedown, by David Bax

James Glickenhaus’ Shakedown is really two movies. Neither of them is especially good but one of them is, at least, a great deal of fun. Glickenhaus’ inability to maintain a consistent tone shouldn’t really be surprising, though, once you realize...

david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

July 12, 2018

Home Video Hovel: Macon County Line, by David Bax

“This story is true,” the opening titles of Richard Compton’s Macon County Line tell us. It’s not, actually; this is another film in the tradition of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre or Fargo that fakes verisimilitude for effect. But with Compton and his cast’s deft hand...

david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 12, 2018

Skyscraper: Come Out to Hong Kong, Have a Few Laughs, by David Bax

It’s obvious that, with Skyscraper, writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber and star Dwayne Johnson (reuniting after 2016’s Central Intelligence) set out to make an updated version of the brawny, one-man-against-the-world action movies of the 80s and 90s. That they succeeded is due not...

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July 12, 2018

Eighth Grade: Stay Cool, by Tyler Smith

In the first few minutes of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade, I worried that the humor at the center of the story of an awkward 13-year-old would spring primarily from a place of superiority. I was concerned that the film would...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 11, 2018

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot: Sketchy, by David Bax

It’s hard to know how to feel about Gus Van Sant’s Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot because it’s never entirely clear how the movie feels about itself, its subject and its themes. That isn’t necessarily a dig...

david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

July 11, 2018

Home Video Hovel: For Love of Ivy, by David Bax

The most arresting credit in the opening titles of Daniel Mann’s For Love of Ivy isn’t the listing of the cast, even though it includes Sidney Poitier, Beau Bridges and Carroll O’Connor. It isn’t even the notice that the music...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 4, 2018

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Bigger and Better, by David Bax

It’s starting to seem like the Marvel Cinematic Universe is just an excuse to perfect that time-reversing face CGI thing used to restore veteran movie stars to their youthful glory. In the latest installment, we get not one, not two...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 4, 2018

Sorry to Bother You: Find Your Voice, by David Bax

At first, Sorry to Bother You, the feature directorial debut of musician Boots Riley, appears to bear a resemblance to the films of Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Wrong). With its thick outer layer of absurdity, the early scenes are vignettes of an alternate...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 3, 2018

The First Purge: Phantom Menace, by David Bax

The Purge franchise has never even attempted to be subtle about its social and political allegories. In fact, it’s become less so with each installment. Now, with the prequel The First Purge, it’s practically screaming. You might complain that it’s become too...

Category: reviews

Generation Wealth: Filthy Lucre Live, by David Bax

Home Video Hovel: Shakedown, by David Bax

Home Video Hovel: Macon County Line, by David Bax

Skyscraper: Come Out to Hong Kong, Have a Few Laughs, by David Bax

Eighth Grade: Stay Cool, by Tyler Smith

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot: Sketchy, by David Bax

Home Video Hovel: For Love of Ivy, by David Bax

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Bigger and Better, by David Bax

Sorry to Bother You: Find Your Voice, by David Bax

The First Purge: Phantom Menace, by David Bax

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