What a rollercoaster! The Luckiest Man in America is about a guy who goes on a morning game show and becomes the record-breaking biggest winner in the show’s history. Going into the film, I was like, sounds interesting, but I’m not sure if it’s enough drama for a full movie. Oh, it’s plenty of drama,…
This film starts with the burning of a barn and ends with the burning of a world. This is being billed as a folk horror and it’s not. It’s a kitchen sink drama. At the end of harvest, a fire burns down the barn of the benevolent landowner. Master Kent, played by Harry Melling, has…
Absolute bollocks. If you like Alice in Wonderland, you might like this. It’s not for me. To the extent that anything is actually happening in this film, it’s about a stage magician who checks into a hotel only for the exit to disappear, leaving him trapped in a labyrinth filled with a cast of characters.…
Okay, some ground rules for going into this movie. It is about a U.S. veteran, so it is set firmly in the American unquestioned, unchallenged veneration of the military. So no asking obvious questions beyond the frame in which this story is told. Once you accept those ground rules, this is actually a solidly good…