Reviews

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: The raw and essential doc ‘What Comes Around’

It’s been an interesting few years for Middle Eastern cinema at the Oscars, with several films from Lebanon (THE INSULT),… Read More

February 16, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘Damsel’ starring Mia Wasikowska and Robert Pattinson

Synopsis: A Western about a young man trying to free the love of his life after she is kidnapped and… Read More

February 16, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘The Heiresses’

Synopsis: Due to bank debts, an elderly woman’s long life companion gets sent to jail. She is then left to… Read More

February 16, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘Isle of Dogs’

Synopsis: In Japan, after a wave of dog-flu hits the city’s dogs, they are all exiled to trash island. Meanwhile,… Read More

February 15, 2018

2018 Oscars: Live-Action Shorts Reviews

The 2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films will be released in theaters on February 9th and On Demand February 27th before the… Read More

February 8, 2018

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Showgirls and Braveheart (1995)

Showgirls - “From the deer in the headlights performance of Elizabeth Berkley, to the so far over the top that you… Read More

February 8, 2018

This Is Us: Why the ‘Jack’s Death’ Episode Catered to the Shows Worst, and Best, Instincts

So now we know exactly how Jack died. I mean, we knew it was the fire (or actually, the after… Read More

February 5, 2018

Review: ‘The Florida Project’ (★★★★)

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Sean Baker excels at shining a light on people who feel or who are on the… Read More

October 4, 2017

Review: ‘Stronger’ (★★★½)

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] We’ve all probably seen enough ‘everyday man overcoming adversity/tragedy’ stories to last a lifetime but once… Read More

September 21, 2017

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Color of Night and Forrest Gump (1994)

Color of Night - “This is worth seeing if you're in the mood for a adult-orientated suspense thriller...with quite a lot… Read More

July 6, 2017

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