Movies – Vertical
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The Mimic – Film Review
A comedy where our main character learns that imitation may not be the sincerest form of flattery when he is befriended by a younger neighbor on the town’s newspaper staff. The Kid, who is married but childless, knows no one in town, whereas The Narrator knows everyone in town. As times goes on, the Narrator…
- 2025
Onward – Film Review
Two teenage elf brothers, Ian (voice of Tom Holland) and Barley Lightfoot (voice of Chris Pratt), go on a journey to discover if there is still a little magic left out there in order to spend one last day with their father, who died when they were too young to remember him. When a new…
- 2025
Spenser Confidential – Film Review
When two Boston police officers are murdered, ex-cop Spenser (Mark Wahlberg) teams up with his no-nonsense roommate, Hawk (Winston Duke), to take down criminals. The biggest praise I can give Peter Berg’s latest feature, Spenser Confidential, is that it actually has a decently strong opening. We witness lead protagonist Spenser assaulting a fellow police officer while…
- 2025
Big Time Adolescence – Film Review
A seemingly bright and mostly innocent 16-year-old named Monroe “Mo” Harris (Griffin Gluck) attempts to navigate high school under the guidance of his best friend Zeke (Pete Davidson), an unmotivated-yet-charismatic college dropout. Although Zeke genuinely cares about Mo, things start to go awry as he teaches nontraditional life lessons in drug dealing, partying, and dating,…
- 2025
All the Bright Places – Film Review
After meeting each other, two young teenagers named Theodore Finch (Justice Smith) and Violet Markey (Elle Fanning) struggle with the emotional and physical scars of their past. They discover that even the smallest moments can mean something. If anybody knows me, they know that I genuinely love coming-of-age films. It’s without a doubt one of…
- 2025
Run This Town – Film Review
An emerging political scandal in Toronto in 2013 seen through the eyes of young staffers at city hall and a local newspaper. Ricky Tollman’s independent feature Run This Town is one that has great ambitions. A large portion of it plays out similarly Adam McKay’s The Big Short in that it is full of quick-cut editing styles and feels…
- 2025