Tag: Octavia Spencer

• Instant Family Review — Instant classic

  

  Dammit I was not expecting to cry during this movie. Wahlberg reuniting with the director of Daddy’s Home 2 does not sound like the setup for a emotional rollercoaster. The bland, gauzy cinematography with which these people’s airy, open plan homes are shot should deaden one’s senses. Everything about it seems like it packs the…

  E Warren

  February 20, 2019

  Film, Review

  Cinema, Comedy, Film, Films, Four Stars, Gustavo Quiroz, Instant Family, Isabela Moner, Julianna Gamiz, Mark Wahlberg, Movie, Movies, Octavia Spencer, Opinion, Review, Rose Byrne, Sean Anders, Tig Notaro

• The Shape of Water Review – Merman fantasy

  

  Do you wanna fuck the fish man? Cos I lowkey wanna fuck the fish man. It’s surprising I guess, when I was seeing trailers for The Shape of Water you didn’t see much of the wet dude and I figured they’d make him sexier. Y’all know, help the audience buy into your scaly romance feature…

  E Warren

  February 21, 2018

  Film, POC Filmmakers, Review, Uncategorized

  Cinema, Doug Jones, Fantasy, Film, Films, Four Stars, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Guillermo del Toro, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, Movie, Movies, Octavia Spencer, Opinion, Review, Richard Jenkins, Sally Hawkins, Science Fiction, The Shape of Water, TSG Entertainment

• Hidden Figures: A Film Worthy of that Pun

  

  I only got the pun in Hidden Figures’ title as I was leaving the theatre. At that point it hit me like such a ton of bricks that all my bones simultaneously broke and I melted into a puddle on the floor. I’m not sure if that means it’s a good pun or a bad…

  E Warren

  February 22, 2017

  Film, Review

  Cinema, Feminism, Film, Hidden Figures, Janelle Monáe, Movie, Octavia Spencer, Oscars, Review, Taraji P. Henson, Theodore Melfi