Daily Archive: March 8, 2018

I had high hopes for this movie. I like a good spy yarn, and done well they can make really great movies. Jennifer Lawrence is pretty good, her character’s story is credible, although there’s little in terms of backstory to explain why she is who she is. She has inherent skills and attitudes crucial to her survival, but we never...

Many reviewers describe Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri as a dark comedy, indeed the poster borrowed for this review calls it “Darkly Comic”. I don’t think so: it’s an emotional rollercoaster, but one that delivers hyped-up, intensified emotions rather than rich emotional experiences. But it delivers them well. I thoroughly enjoyed the film, the performances by Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson,...