Lauren Humphries-Brooks, Author at We Got This Covered

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Stranger Things Season 2 Review

Handling trauma, loss and the confusion of adolescence with a combination of humor and horror, Stranger Things season 2 is a worthy follow-up.

Last Flag Flying Review [NYFF 2017]

Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying opens this year’s New York Film Festival with a seriocomic drama about friendship in the midst of a topical treatment of the consequences and effects of war. With a script by Linklater and author Darryl Ponicsan, Last Flag Flying bridges the gap between Vietnam and Iraq, attempting to highlight the humor, pathos, and universality in soldiers’ experiences, in war and out of it.

Young Sheldon Season 1 Review

The pilot for CBS’s new spinoff series, Young Sheldon opens with a shot of a train set accompanied by a voiceover from, uh, old Sheldon (Jim Parsons) explaining how he would have been a ticket taker if he couldn’t have been a physicist. What this means, except as a throwback to the original TV show, I am at pains to parse out. Young Sheldon spends the opening of the show playing with his trains, but they're never referenced again, nor do they form any thematic basis for the rest of the pilot.

The Last Tycoon Season 1 Review

Despite a lackluster leading man, Amazon's The Last Tycoon provides an entertaining and multifaceted glimpse into the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Dabka Review [Tribeca 2017]

Dabka opens with a voiceover from its protagonist, Jay Bahadur (Evan Peters), explaining that he hates voiceover in films because it’s lazy filmmaking. This self-aware smugness unfortunately sets the tone for the film, which wavers between comedy and serious drama without much clear direction or purpose. And it’s a shame, because the true story of Dabka, about an aspiring journalist who embedded himself with Somali pirates for six months, is about as exciting as you can get.

The Circle Review [Tribeca 2017]

A half-baked thriller with a strong cast and a few good ideas, The Circle lacks originality, immediacy, or basic coherence.

The Clapper Review [Tribeca 2017]

The Clapper is a sharp combination of sweet romance and biting satire on the cruelties committed in the name of entertainment.

Manifesto Review [Tribeca 2017]

Difficult to understand and impossible to codify, Manifesto is a stirring post-modern rumination on artistic meaning filtered through the persona and performance of Cate Blanchett.

Buster’s Mal Heart Review [Tribeca 2017]

Despite its undoubted ambition and an excellent central performance from Rami Malek, Buster’s Mal Heart slips into the traps that so often face thrillers of its type.

The Dinner Review [Tribeca 2017]

An imperfect but fascinating film, The Dinner's stellar cast delivers a deeply troubling and psychologically complex treatment of class and family.