Alien: Covenant

Alien: Covenant

The following review contains SPOILERS A crew of colonists come across a planet holding a dark secret in Alien: Covenant. The colony ship Covenant is on its way to the remote planet of Origae-6, with two thousand colonists on board, monitored by synthetic crew member Walter (Michael Fassbender). When a neutrino burst hits the ship, Walter is…

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

The story of Apple’s co-founder is told through behind-the-scenes interactions before three production launches in Steve Jobs. Under the backdrop of the launches for the Macintosh in 1984, NeXT Computer in 1988, and iMac in 1988, Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) has repeated behind-the-scenes interactions with various individuals. Thiss includes stressed out marketing executive Joanna Hoffman…

Queen of Earth

Queen of Earth

Two best friends drift apart while vacationing at a lakeside cabin in Alex Ross Perry’s Queen of Earth. Catherine (Elisabeth Moss) is a codependent young woman, who is taking the death of her father and recent break-up with her boyfriend James (Kentucker Audley) pretty hard. Catherine is invited to the cabin of her best friend Virginia (Katherine…

Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice

Paul Thomas Anderson returns with this adaptation of the novel by Thomas Pynchon.  Larry “Doc” Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) is a private investigator, who is visited by his old flame Shasta Fay Hepworth (Katherine Waterston), who wants help involving her missing boyfriend Mickey Wolfmann (Eric Roberts).  Doc’s investigation results in him crossing paths with Lt. Det….