A Dynamic Thriller That Tackles the American Dream
DIRECTED BY JULIUS ONAH/2019
Luce (Kelvin Harrison Jr, in a star-making role), is given the oppor...
A Movie That Plays as a Faithful Adaptation and Not Much More
DIRECTED BY ANDRE OVREDAL/2019
If you would have asked me before the movie if I had rea...
A Film that Feels Like it Was Made in an 80's Anxiety and Stored in a Closet for the Last 35 Years
DIRECTED BY TILLMAN SINGER/2019
There is a dialog...
An Article Written By The Co-director of A Really Nice Guy on The Influences
Ms. 45 is a 1981 rape-revenge exploitation film from Abel Ferrara, a filmma...
Prepare for a Trip to Your Summer Ceremonial Horror Destiny
DIRECTED BY ARI ASTER/2019
Dani (Florence Pugh, a powerhouse) is in a toxic relationship ...
The Best in the Annabelle Series and one of the Best in the Conjuring Universe
DIRECTED BY GARY DAUBERMAN/2019
Annabelle, the demon-carrying creepy d...
A Creepy Mystery set in the Most Pleasantly Haunting Atmosphere
DIRECTOR: MICHAEL MELSKI/2019
Rae (Suzanne Clement) is a crime writer who wants to sp...
A Tale of War, Lies, Love and Occupation
DIRECTOR: CHRISTIAN PETZOLD/GERMAN/2018
Georg (Franz Ragowski) is approached, while in a Paris cafe, by a fr...
Another Day, After day, After day... Another Quality Entry Into the Franchise
DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER LANDON/2019
The first Happy Death Day was a ho...
Paul has written about politics and baseball for other outlets in the past. Besides cinema, he cites baseball, music and fitness as other key passions in his life. His reviews are humorous and sometimes cutting, aiming to get at central themes of any given movie. For him, the value of film lies in the way the art form can use plot, vision and sound to create stories of flawed, relatable people that are riveting and allegories for deeper things.