Episode 53: Honey Boy / Earthquake Bird / Ford v Ferrari

| Original Score: 40/100 | Dec 1, 2021

It's difficult to connect with any of the characters and feel any sympathy for them.

| Jan 29, 2020

Earthquake Bird is definitely a cut above Netflix's usual fare. On a surface level the film doesn't have that weird plastic sheen Netflix releases always seem to be cheapened by.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 8, 2020

Earthquake Bird meanders through its plot points in a narrative that feels lost in translation.

| Original Score: D | Dec 31, 2019

It's as if they built a portrait of a fascinating female killer and then chickened out, settling into the Lifetime "men are terrifying" model instead of exploring something more dynamic.

| Dec 6, 2019

An underwhelming, melodramatic story that culminates in a shaky ending dooms Earthquake Bird.

| Original Score: 2.75/5 | Dec 4, 2019

Earthquake Bird is ultimately more of a puzzle than a thrill, leaving viewers to wonder what happened to Lily and what led to her disappearance.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 2, 2019

A mousy Alicia Vikander casts a convincing spell...and Westmoreland finds plenty of additional intrigue in this late 1980s Japanese setting...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 2, 2019

Earthquake Bird is somewhat laborious in making its points, but it's a film whose unsettling qualities will grow on you with time.

| Nov 25, 2019

It's unfortunate that Earthquake Bird falls apart in the way that it does, as a film with this much of a unique premise and setting and populated with talented actors had such potential.

| Nov 23, 2019

There's a choppiness and impatience to the storytelling, with crucial scenes getting dispatched in a cursory fashion.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 21, 2019

Absorbing but slow tale has nudity, language, violence.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2019

If the frames are converted into data for a seismograph to read, be ready to see mainly flat lines.

| Original Score: C+ | Nov 21, 2019

Earthquake Bird is an enjoyable neo-noir film, with enough twists and turns to leave you thinking long after the ending.

| Nov 20, 2019

A slow, uneventful and ultimately predictable thriller that is definitely far from groundbreaking.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Nov 19, 2019

The number of themes present in the film might work in literary form, but as a film, Earthquake Bird feels rushed and incomplete.

| Nov 18, 2019

Unfortunately, a turn that renders it more engaging than the stale psychological thriller it is for most of its running time never emerges, wasting good performances from Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough along the way.

| Nov 18, 2019

When Keough is not onscreen, the film turns from pulse-racing to deadly dull.

| Nov 16, 2019

Earthquake Bird is about two-thirds of a good movie, and Vikander clearly outshines the material. Just gauge your expectations accordingly.

| Nov 15, 2019

Without the depth and detail of Jones' prose too much of the movie is lost in the same in-between that Lucy is trying to chart for herself.

| Original Score: C+ | Nov 15, 2019