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A Quiet Place Review

Written by Tucker R. King on May 3, 2018. Posted in Movies. Leave a Comment

Director John Krasinski’s third feature A Quiet Place is a crafty little thriller set a few years in the future. The film has minimal dialogue and maximal, human-eating monsters. The origin of these creatures is never discussed or explained; instead, the film takes them for granted. It then...

Taxi Driver Review

Written by Tucker R. King on May 2, 2018. Posted in Movies. Leave a Comment

When one considers Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, the first thing they usually think of is “You talkin’ to me?” It’s easily one of the most quoted lines in cinema history. However, the one line that never gets quoted is the last one in the film: “Well, I’m...

Isle of Dogs Review

Written by Tucker R. King on April 17, 2018. Posted in Movies. Leave a Comment

Wes Anderson’s latest, Isle of Dogs, is worth seeing, an exactingly, fastidiously composed stop-motion venture. This is Anderson’s second stop-motion animation feature, following 2009’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, a film I thoroughly loved. Isle of Dogs is set 20 years in the future, in the...

Phantom Thread Review

Written by Tucker R. King on February 18, 2018. Posted in Movies. Leave a Comment

Phantom Thread opens with a simple title card accompanied by high-pitched tones, followed by a medium close-up of a young woman, her face bathed in firelight. “Reynolds has made my dreams come true,” she says calmly to an as yet unseen figure. The remainder of the film does its best to...

Lady Bird Review

Written by Tucker R. King on January 2, 2018. Posted in Movies. Leave a Comment

Lady Bird marks the directing debut of actress Greta Gerwig and stars Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Lucas Hedges, Beanie Feldstein, Tracy Letts, Timothée Chalamet, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Lois Smith.

The Shape of Water Review

Written by Tucker R. King on January 1, 2018. Posted in Movies. Leave a Comment

The Shape of Water marks director Guillermo del Toro's return to the fantastical and stars Sally Hawkings, Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, and Michael Stuhlbarg. Eliza Esposito (Hawkins) is a mute woman working as a member of the cleaning staff at a 1960s American government...