Review: The Shape of Water (2017)
Elisa (Sally Hawkins) works the night shifts at a government facility during the Cold War. She has her whole day meticulously planned and follows the same routine day in and day out, which includes visiting […]
Drama
Review: Phantom Thread (2017)
One of the biggest surprises when the Academy Awards nominations were announced was the number of categories to which Phantom Thread was nominated. It is up for Best Picture, Director, Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Supporting Actress […]
Review: Darkest Hour (2017)
2017 was an interesting year in movies, when we had a couple of releases complementing each other. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, for example, is a great movie to watch in addition to Wonder […]
Review: The Post (2017)
When you see Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks’ names together in project, directed by Steven Spielberg, it is impossible not to have high expectations immediately. Perhaps that is why The Post has been so anticipated and seen as an Oscar contender […]
Review: Call Me By Your Name (2017)
In the summer of 1983 in Northern Italy, 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) is a little bored. Sure he has his friends and books to read, but something is missing. Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old American […]
Review: Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
“Raped while dying”, “And still no arrests”, and “How come, Chief Willoughby?” are the sentences written in the three billboards that had been empty for years just outside the city of Ebbing. Mildred (Frances McDormand) […]
Review: Alias Grace (2017)
[yasr_overall_rating] WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS I have always found first-person narratives more fascinating than regulars third-person one. How can you fully believe what the first-person narrator is telling you? How reliable can he/she be, […]
Review: Lady Bird (2017)
The relationship between mothers and daughters has always been an intriguing one and is the topic of many movies this season, from comedies like A Bad Moms Christmas to dramas like The Florida Project. The one that fully […]
Review: The Florida Project (2017)
Anyone who has been to Walt Disney World in Orlando probably has seen the budget motels in the highway leading up to the Resort. I personally have passed by these motels and never paid too […]
Review: Mindhunter (Season 1)
[yasr_overall_rating] WARNING: THIS POST HAS MILD SPOILERS OF SEASON 1 OF “MINDHUNTER” Understanding the minds of serial killers has been a mystery for many years and it can be a fascinating topic: why do they […]