Reviews: Movies

Everything Everywhere All at Once would be too difficult to describe in the short-form reviews that I write on this site. It's a chaotic movie, filled with odd concepts and odd scenes, squashed together into a montage of absurdity. Despite the goofy comedy the movie explicitly aims for, I think Kwan and Scheinert, alongside the entire cast, managed to make a very special movie that is especially moving. There is one line from this movie that still gets me to do this day. I think if you give it a watch, you will know exactly which one that is.

Black Swan will have you wanting—but unable—to take your eyes off the screen the entire duration of the movie. Thats not exactly accurate, actually. In typical Aronofsky fashion, the movie has an innocent beginning and you wouldn't guess it was a thriller unless you had seen the promotional art for it. Like Requiem for a Dream, Aronofsky uses a great deal of body and psychological horror to keep you both engaged and wishing you weren't.

I must admit—I am a huge fan of Nolan (like most people). This film is true to Nolan's classic modus operandi. It will have you trying to guess what trick, what underlying puzzle, what great plot twist is Nolan going to pull out for this one. On that front, the movie delivers (hopefully this doesn't count as a spoiler). Kept me and my friends on the edge of our seats the entire time we watched through. A mystery very much worth watching alone or with a group.

Sickeningly great. In this adaption of the novel by the same name, Darren Aronofsky demonstrates to us a very real horror—addiction. Aronofsky uses many tools, but particularly body horror, to create gut wrenching, sickeningly sobering scenes, contrasted by the relatively calm and ordinary beginning. I think therein lies the power of this movie—the deep contrast between beginning and end; the unexpected and severe progression the movie takes on (typical of Aronofsky). Not for the weak hearted, but if you think you can stomach it, this is a great watch (late at night, with the lights off).