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The 10 Best Movies of 2018 (So Far)

June 22, 2018 Alex Brannan 2 Comments

2018 is halfway over (more or less). That means it is time to take stock of the films that have come and gone.

Six months is a long time, and many films have reached audiences. It is impossible for me to see everything. But of the 75 movies I’ve seen from calendar year 2018 (based on US release dates), these are my top 10.

Honorable mentions: The Endless, Isle of Dogs, You Were Never Really Here, Annihilation, The Death of Stalin, Tully, Blockers.

10. Black Panther

As consistently successful as the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been, it is hard to deny that they Continue reading The 10 Best Movies of 2018 (So Far) →

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Thoroughbreds (2018) Movie Review

March 13, 2018 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

You wouldn’t know by looking at it, but Thoroughbreds is writer-director Cory Finley’s debut film.

In it, expelled prep school student Lily (Anya Taylor-Joy) rekindles an old friendship with Amanda (Olivia Cooke), who admits to Lily that she feels no emotion. Upon observing Lily’s step father Mark (Paul Sparks), who Lily openly despises for the emotional abuse he exerts on her mother, Amanda brings up the notion of murdering him.

The film uses its morbidly comic lens to hone in on concepts of control and ownership in an upper-class, suburban setting. Waves of classism flow on the fringes of the narrative, from the Continue reading Thoroughbreds (2018) Movie Review →