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The Upside (2018)::rating::2.5
As a young dweeb, I found great joy in flipping to the "How to Increase Your Word Power" Section of a Reader's Digest.  It's truly an invaluable tool for infusing your vernacular with big, flowery words that make people roll their eyes and walk away from you at parties.  I remember being struck by how many…
Roma (2018)::rating::5
In Roma, Alfonso Cuarón's camera often pans languidly across a scene, like a mind wandering into its own corners.  Cuarón's vivid recollections of childhood rise like a slow swell of water, from the gentle lapping of drainwater that opens the film to the pounding ocean waves in its final act.  If a river can reshape the…
Eighth Grade (2018)::rating::4.5
Between the age of twelve and eventual adulthood lies a gaping, treacherous chasm, filled with the wilderness of puberty. Hormones rage, bullies reign, and our once-beloved parents become pariahs. Not surprisingly, most movies approach this awkward time of life awkwardly: Actual teen issues of anxiety, depression, and burgeoning sexuality are difficult and three-dimensional, so it's…
Vice (2018)::rating::3.5
When offered the vice presidency, Daniel Webster was succinct: "I do not propose to be buried until I am dead." Vice, Adam McKay's scorching dramedy, posits that Dick Cheney took a cold, clinical look at the same office and saw boundless opportunities. McKay spends over two hours skewering Cheney on a spit, placing many of…
Bumblebee (2018)::rating::3.5
Bumblebee makes a wise move by chucking the mechanical three-ring circus of past Transformers films into the dumpster. In place of all that clunking cacophony we get something surprising: A fun, patiently-paced film, filled with characters who do more than run, scream, and hide. This is a prequel that feels more like a rejuvenation. It's 1987, and…

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