Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) - Movie Review

 

Might want to brace yourself for this one, because even for the topics I usually get involved in with these reviews, the subject of today’s write-up is highly controversial. The fact that it is controversial makes me sigh a bit in disbelief, but just putting this out there: This review will involve frank discussions (well, as frank as I can be about the topic) about abortion and Planned Parenthood. At time of writing, there seems to be a major discrepancy between critics and the general public (like, more so than usual), and from the looks of things, that’s largely out of knee-jerk rejections of the subject matter being depicted at all. And much like with Cuties, I feel somewhat compelled to clear the air about such things (AKA I want to take the piss out of film bros for a bit), if only to help further this film’s case because I genuinely think that this is a film worth watching.

Where To Invade Next (2016) - Movie Review

Bowling For Columbine was one of the first films I can remember watching and it was on heavy rotation in my DVD player when I was growing up. It is also the only Michael Moore film to date that I have seen in full. When dealing with any politically-charged filmmaker, especially one as divisive as Michael Moore, experience is probably helpful. Then again, experience is something in pretty short supply around these parts, so why start now? However, seeing as how it is election season both here in Australia and over in the U.S. and we’re being bombarded by vox pops and spin doctors every other minute of the day, I feel a certain need to soap box that would probably do me good to let out. As a result, I am now breaking my usual rule of abstaining from politics as best as I can on this blog and willingly walking into the hellfire by looking at a very politically-charged film. At least I can get it out of my system and go back to not knowing thing one about my country’s politicians; we’re all screwed regardless of who wins anyway.