The Best and Worst Movies of 2017

by Kevin Muller

The Worst Films of 2017

10. Suburbicon

George Clooney took a shot at directing a film that was scripted by the Coen Brothers.  Unfortunately, the groundwork laid by the brothers wasn’t strong enough for Clooney to make a good film. It is spectacular failure. The first half of the film leads us through an interesting story that drops the ball in the second half. Clooney decided to combine an unproduced script, a crime film, and the true story of a black family living in a white suburb, into one movie. The problem is that both scripts have totally different tones and themes that could’ve worked if they had their own movie, but by mashing them together, it created a narrative mess that you can’t pinpoint where it starts and ends.

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The Lullaby – Interview with Reine Swart

by Nile Fortner

The Lullaby is a 2018 South African horror film directed by Darrell Roodt and written by Tarryn-Tanile. The film centers on a 19-year-old mother named Chloe Heerden, who returns to her hometown, Eden Rock, and tries to embrace the terms of being a mother. Even though Chloe has support from her mother, Ruby, Chloe has the willies and has a difficult time grasping the idea of being a mother.

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