Review: A Gripping True-Life Crime Drama in Trial By Fire
In a time when some of the most compellingly filmed dramas are found on television or some streaming service or another, it felt like a bit of an adjustment watching […]
Review: Life Struggles and New Romance is Just OK in The Sun is Also a Star
I genuinely love a good, grown-up romance film. I’m not talking about rom-coms, and you damn well better know the difference. But lately most of the attempts at genuine, heartfelt, […]
Review: Not Much Develops in Photograph
The best moment in The Lunchbox, the insanely underrated 2013 film by Ritesh Batra about a homemaker whose warm lunches end up getting delivered to a stranger, is the ending. […]
Review: Crowd-Pleasing The Biggest Little Farm Comes With a Universal Message of Perseverance
In a world where success can seem like it’s one well-received Instagram post away, being reminded of the thankless hours, the countless fails and the unrelenting hard work it is […]
Review: The World of Assassins Grows Larger, More Intriguing in John Wick: Chapter 3
The world of John Wick is getting bigger. Maybe not for him, but certainly for the audience members who have stuck with this series of stunt-heavy, extremely violent films about […]
Review: Diane Keaton Deserves Better than Poms — and So Do We
The very first thing wrong with Poms (and there are many things wrong with Poms) is the prologue that sets up the premise for the setting of Diane Keaton’s latest misfire: […]
Review: A Convenient Glimpse of Inspiration in Tolkien
In a remarkably similar fashion to the recent Goodbye Christopher Robin (about the elements in Winnie the Pooh author A.A. Milne’s life that went into those stories), Finding Neverland (about […]
Review: No Pokémon? No Problem. Detective Pikachu is Still Fun for the Unfamiliar
I am fully aware and am happy to acknowledge that I am the absolute wrong audience for a movie set in a world where Pokémon exist, work and, for all […]
Review: Anne Hathaway Forces the Funny Out of The Hustle
This one made me a little depressed, and it did so because it made me realize that one of the more reliable actors working today (and a personal favorite) is […]
Review: Frank Talk, Tough Memories and All Sorts of Charm in Ask Dr. Ruth
Last year, audiences got an up close and personal look into the life and work of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, with the acclaimed documentary RBG. (Actually, they got two […]
Review: Music Doc Satan & Adam Explores an Unlikely Musical Partnership
In this feature debut from editor-turned-director V. Scott Balcerek, we follow the sometimes tentative, always moving friendship and musical partnership between elderly, black guitarist/singer Sterling Magee (known frequently as Mr. […]
Review: Long Shot Isn’t Afraid to Be Both Silly and Serious
Imagine a comedy set in the world where a woman becoming president isn’t the butt of most of the jokes—how refreshing. In fact, in the new film Long Shot, the […]