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October 9, 2020

The Doorman: Door Hard, by David Bax

At about the point in The Doorman where things have started to get really hairy, a sullen teen boy witnesses our hero, Ali Gorski (Ruby Rose), kill a bad guy with her bare hands. Smirking at his shocked face, she...

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October 7, 2020

Charm City Kings: Slow Speed, by David Bax

As a movie about people riding dirt bikes, Angel Manuel Soto’s Charm City Kings at least does one of the main things right. The biking sequences are a propulsive thrill. The camera keeps pace with the speeding metal and rubber...

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October 2, 2020

12 Hour Shift: Scrubby, by David Bax

Before seeking out any other praise or criticism of Brea Grant’s 12 Hour Shift, the first thing you should know is that it stars Angela Bettis and therefore is, on some level, automatically worth watching. Since playing the title role...

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September 30, 2020

Possessor: You Can Have My Everything, by David Bax

There’s no overlooking the surname. Director Brandon Cronenberg is indeed the son of David Cronenberg and, in his new film Possessor, he wastes no time drawing from the same well of body horror as his father. In the movie’s first...

chase beck / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

September 30, 2020

2067: In These Trying Times, by Chase Beck

2067 tells the tale of a toxic future where the sky is covered with noxious clouds and oxygen is in limited supply. The opening shot is of a planet, our planet, wreathed in poisonous fumes. One by one, entire nations...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

September 24, 2020

Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles: Fritter Away, by David Bax

To a certain bourgeois segment of the population, Yotam Ottolenghi has already reached the status of celebrity chef. I count myself among them; a copy of his beautifully presented 2010 vegetarian cookbook Plenty sits just a few feet behind me...

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September 18, 2020

Blackbird: Only Waiting for This Moment, by David Bax

Over the course of his career, director Roger Michell has been responsible for beloved rom-coms (Notting Hill), sturdy melodramas (The Mother), absolute misfires (Hyde Park on Hudson) and at least one underrated gem (Enduring Love). Despite some misses, his reliable...

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September 17, 2020

Infidel: Action and Reaction, by Tyler Smith

Conservative Christians have long been described as reactionary. It’s a label that I’ve always had a problem with. Increasingly so, in fact, as extreme knee-jerk responses to even the slightest perceived offense is quickly becoming the only thing that has...

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September 16, 2020

The Devil All the Time: A Fountain Flowing for the Soul Unclean, by David Bax

Two early scenes in Antonio Campos’ bold, bizarre and destined to be misunderstood The Devil All the Time introduce the dichotomy the film aims to bridge. In one, a small town waitress named Charlotte (Haley Bennett) sneaks some food out...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

September 11, 2020

I Am Woman: Ain’t No Way to Treat a Lady, by David Bax

Helen Reddy’s life, it would seem, was endlessly eventful. At least, that’s the approach taken by her biopic, I Am Woman, directed by Unjoo Moon and written by Emma Jensen. Like high school students just trying to fill out their...

Category: reviews

The Doorman: Door Hard, by David Bax

Charm City Kings: Slow Speed, by David Bax

12 Hour Shift: Scrubby, by David Bax

Possessor: You Can Have My Everything, by David Bax

2067: In These Trying Times, by Chase Beck

Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles: Fritter Away, by David Bax

Blackbird: Only Waiting for This Moment, by David Bax

Infidel: Action and Reaction, by Tyler Smith

The Devil All the Time: A Fountain Flowing for the Soul Unclean, by David Bax

I Am Woman: Ain’t No Way to Treat a Lady, by David Bax

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