Written by Patrick Hao 62/100 The number one hackneyed complaint that all critics make about plays adapted into movies is that it is too stagey. Stephen Karam seemed to have taken those criticisms to heart when he decided to adapt … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 65/100 The only voice in The Musician is through the kamancheh, a traditional Persian string instrument. For a film of 14-minutes long, it necessitates itself to be told through montage, especially for a film with these … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 32/100 It has only been about five years since Paul W.S. Anderson’s final film in his Resident Evil series, a seminal group of films in the canonization of Anderson as a vulgar auteur. One might say … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 65/100 What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? That is the question as title of the film and the ethos of Georgian director’s Aleksandre Koberidze’s second feature. What he is really asking is … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 90/100 For a film set on the plains of 1925 Montana, and shot against the beautiful wide vistas of Jane Campion’s home country of New Zealand, The Power of the Dog often feels hauntingly constrained. That … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 62/100 I forgot how good of a movie star Will Smith is. Maybe because Smith hasn't really been able to shine as a movie star since Focus. Maybe it's because he has crafted an overly upbeat, … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 38/100 Ghostbusters: Afterlife seems to be a particularly apt title for the franchise. For something to have an afterlife, it suggests that it must be dead and there is an attempt at a resurrection. This new … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 85/100 Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World is not exactly about “The Worst Person in the World.” But being in your 20’s, apprehensive about the menu of choices between adolescence and adulthood, can make … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 55/100 Walt Becker films fascinate me. The director of Old Dogs, Wild Hogs, and, of course, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, has always struck me as someone who has been able to differentiate himself … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 35/100 I can never do what Jérémie Heitz and Sam Anthamatten do as a homebody New Yorker whose biggest risk is minding the gap between the subway platform and the 7 train every morning. Heitz and … Continue reading.
