Category: Theatrical Review

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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June 29, 2018

Calling All Earthlings: Alien Covenant, by David Bax

A group of people—some merely inquisitive, some seeking a spiritual cleansing—have gathered in a wooden dome outside Palm Springs, California. They’re here for a sound bath, where quartz crystal bowls are vibrated to create waves of sound that resonate through...

movies / reviews / rita cannon / Theatrical Review

June 28, 2018

Leave No Trace: Winter in the Northwest, by Rita Cannon

Eight years after her last narrative feature, Winter’s Bone, got a Best Picture nomination and launched Jennifer Lawrence to stardom, director Debra Granik is back with another somber but enthralling tale about a teenage girl growing up on the fringes...

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June 27, 2018

Gabriel and the Mountain: World Traveler, by David Bax

If you’re ever looking to define the nebulous term “world cinema,” just pointing toward Fellipe Barbosa’s beautiful and haunting Gabriel and the Mountain would be a good start. A French/Brazilian coproduction set and shot in Eastern Africa, the film unfolds...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

June 27, 2018

Three Identical Strangers: Desperately Seeking Answers, by David Bax

Of all the tricks up Three Identical Strangers director Tim Wardle’s sleeve, maybe the best one is fooling you into thinking you’re watching a fun, light and breezy human interest documentary. In the first dramatization of an interviewee’s past, for instance,...

Category: Theatrical Review

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

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

Calling All Earthlings: Alien Covenant, by David Bax

Leave No Trace: Winter in the Northwest, by Rita Cannon

Gabriel and the Mountain: World Traveler, by David Bax

Three Identical Strangers: Desperately Seeking Answers, by David Bax

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