Cassidy Olsen

Cassidy Olsen Little White Lies Mar 19, 2021 3/5 The decision to frame the making of the album through the lens of individual fans, many of whom belong to the LGBT+ community, distinguishes Alone Together from many recent pop docs, giving the film a unique, inclusive perspective. Go to Full Review Charli XCX: Alone Together (2021) 85% 70%

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Mar 8, 2021 3/4 An on-the-road tale of stolen identity that's imbued with suffocating urgency and paranoia, Transit uses many of the conventions of noir to weave a Kafkaesque narrative about how memory functions in the face of trauma and political oppression. Go to Full Review Transit (2018) 94% - -

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Mar 8, 2021 3/4 Combining aspects of horror, sci-fi and prison drama, the film is a challenging puzzle that even the most devout Denis fans may struggle to piece together, but that doesn't negate its thrilling, terrifying viewing experience. Go to Full Review High Life (2018) 83% - -

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Mar 8, 2021 4/4 The clear-cut narrative of the film's first half blooms into something much more oblique, at times even surreal, diving into its lead's psyche and exploring the boundaries between who we are, who we were and who we will become. Go to Full Review Diane (2018) 93% - -

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Mar 8, 2021 1.5/4 Minghella is more interested in revealing a carefully cultivated aesthetic than actually saying something with his debut. Go to Full Review Teen Spirit (2018) 73% - -

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Mar 8, 2021 1.5/4 This nonlinear narrative adds interest beyond your typical origin story, but it's quickly overwhelmed by the same shtick that's in all these movies-uncompelling action sequences, recycled villains and flat direction. Go to Full Review Captain Marvel (2019) 79% 45%

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Mar 8, 2021 2.5/4 The Aftermath is far from a great film, so deeply mired in genre conventions that playing a period piece drinking game while watching would have you in an ambulance within the first half-hour. But it's much too fun to get angry about. Go to Full Review The Aftermath (2019) 26% - -

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Mar 8, 2021 3/4 Us introduces so many ideas that it can be difficult to focus. But it's fascinating to watch those ideas emerge, contort and dance around on screen, even if they don't always come together to form a cohesive story. Go to Full Review Us (2019) 93% 69%

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Mar 8, 2021 2/4 The result is an interesting visual experiment, but a tedious and ultimately hollow one-scenes from other Euro horrors like Possession and Suspiria aren't so much referenced as flat-out recreated, as if Climax doesn't have anything new to add. Go to Full Review Climax (2018) 68% - -

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Mar 8, 2021 2/4 The film's logic is often unclear, and its insistence on some rather regressive jokes about marriage, sex and body type is disappointing and pedestrian, especially when compared to the comedy of the competing Lego Movie franchise. Go to Full Review How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) 90% 100%

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Mar 8, 2021 3/4 Against all odds, Alita actually works. While previous live-action manga adaptations like Death Note and Ghost in the Shell came out bloated and disingenuous, Alita: Battle Angel is fun, fiery and focused enough to know what it's about. Go to Full Review Alita: Battle Angel (2019) 61% 90%

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Mar 8, 2021 3/4 High Flying Bird is much colder, at times even clinical, and it's more interested in the long-term work of resistance than heist plots and celebrations. Go to Full Review High Flying Bird (2019) 91% 50%

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Mar 8, 2021 1/4 While the pulpy, by-the-numbers horror of the film's second half has the potential to be something awfully fun, Velvet Buzzsaw's overwritten and unfocused script sucks the joy out of even the most ridiculous of deaths. Go to Full Review Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) 61% - -

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Feb 28, 2021 2.5/4 The Second Part is still a testament to the creativity that has blessed big-budget animation and children's programming in recent years-but everything can't be awesome forever. Go to Full Review The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) 84% 79%

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Feb 28, 2021 1.5/4 What was likely meant to be a meditation on the genre from Shyamalan comes off more like a lecture, one that will disappoint most superhero fans and skeptics alike. Go to Full Review Glass (2019) 37% 59%

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Feb 28, 2021 1/4 Serenity's fleeting moments of fun absurdity and over-the-top performances aren't enough to make up for the odd, uncomfortable flatness that defines the rest of the film. Go to Full Review Serenity (2019) 21% - -

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Feb 28, 2021 2/4 This young-adult tear-jerker is bogged down by cliche and a lack of vision, buoyed only by a fresh performance from lead actress Haley Lu Richardson and an honest conversation about the loneliness of disease. Go to Full Review Five Feet Apart (2019) 53% - -

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Feb 28, 2021 3.5/4 Korine has grown up and mellowed out, shifting his attention inward to make perhaps the only introspective and genuinely kind film of his entire career-all the while preserving his idiosyncratic directing style and penchant for the bizarre. Go to Full Review The Beach Bum (2019) 58% - -

Cassidy Olsen The Improper Bostonian Feb 28, 2021 3.5/4 Almost by extension of Moore's lived-in performance, Lelio's Gloria Bell is just as subtle and rewarding as the original, granting American audiences a new look into his brand of filmmaking through a simple story brimming with the comedy of life. Go to Full Review Gloria Bell (2018) 90% - -

Cassidy Olsen Dig Boston Feb 28, 2021 3.5/5 Ramin's easily telegraphed relationship with Guillermo is not as illuminating as his kinship with a local hotel owner. Their solidarity, and the film's refreshingly irregular structure, make Fireflies worth catching. Go to Full Review Luciérnagas (2018) 100% 50%