Greta Gerwig dismantles the patriarchy and more in the biggest, boldest, and most stupid-fun smash of the summer! Tackling a complex array of themes, Gerwig finds a way to have her cake and it too, simultaneously criticizing and celebrating Barbie to create an ode to artifice that joyously peels back the plastic surface to find the humanity and spirituality deep within. Don’t be fooled, this Barbie is for everyone.
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With Babylon, Damien Chazelle takes a charged up look at the seedy underbelly of early-era Hollywood as it transitions from silent to sound. Trading in the quiet intensity of First Man for in-your-face insanity, Chazelle doesn’t just return to his stylishly kinetic roots, he doubles down on them. This is Chazelle unhinged; a raucous bacchanal romp that you’ll either want to experience once or mainline regularly.
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Writer/director David O. Russell’s latest effort, Amsterdam, is a sprawling, star-studded mess that’s too overstuffed and unwieldy to fully connect. It contains one of the year’s most impressive ensemble casts, but for all its combined star power, it sadly can’t muster up much of a charge. It’s undeniably a David O. Russell film, but it’s drained of most of the lifeblood that makes his best work compelling, charismatic, and kinetic.
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Writer/director James Gunn makes his triumphant return with the absurdly silly and immensely fun summer blockbuster, The Suicide Squad. Working the same magic he did with MCU’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, Gunn gives the DCU a refreshing boost, delivering a fun-filled cinematic experience full of entertaining stupidity, viscera, weirdness, laughs, and heart.
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The bar for figure skating films was relatively low before I, Tonya came along and triple-axeled all over the competition. The film didn't even need to stoop to bashing in the kneecaps of the other contenders either — there just aren't any films about ice skating to the caliber of I, Tonya. Unlike other figure skating films, it doesn't lend itself exclusively to just one genre and has a lot to offer just about everyone. It has a lot of fun embracing the irony and contradictions of the Harding/Kerrigan testimonies, and it's definitely worthy of the hype and praise surrounding it — it is, without a doubt, one of the most wild, comical, and entertaining experiences that 2017 had to offer.
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