Film Reviews

‘Three Months’ review: Troye Sivan’s return to acting is in a coming of age movie with real potential [Grade: B-]

Three brutally slow, painfully lethargic months is how long Caleb (a flourishing Troye Sivan), the young Jewish man at the… Read More

February 21, 2022

Berlinale 2022 review: Charlotte Gainsbourg shines in ‘The Passengers of the Night’ from Mikhaël Hers [Grade B-]

The Passengers of the Night opens with a title card announcing the date: May 10th, 1981. In recent French history,… Read More

February 17, 2022

‘Uncharted’ review: Tom Holland is more than game but this joyless adaptation should have stayed in development hell [Grade: C-]

You would think adapting a video game is an easy task. The blueprint is already made as many playable works,… Read More

February 16, 2022

Berlinale 2022 review: In ‘Taurus’, Machine Gun Kelly exorcizes his stardom [Grade B+]

Almost a decade after Memphis (2013) depicted the spiritual journey of musician Willis Earl Beal, filmmaker Tim Sutton returns to… Read More

February 15, 2022

Berlinale 2022 review: François Ozon’s ‘Peter von Kant’ plays out as an ambitious but flat homage to Fassbinder [Grade C-]

It’s been 50 years since Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant premiered at Berlinale and to… Read More

February 10, 2022

‘Marry Me’ review: Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson find love in a hopeless place and we get the first big surprise of 2022 [Grade: B+]

Based on the graphic novel by the same name, Marry Me starts to tell the story of pop superstar Kat… Read More

February 10, 2022

‘Death on the Nile’ review: Less a whodunit than a who cares with enough sham pain to fill denial [Grade: D]

You can’t go wrong with a classic murder mystery, and it doesn’t get more classic than author Agatha Christie, the… Read More

February 7, 2022

‘Jackass Forever’ review: Welcome to the male members only club [Grade: B+]

Both hilarious and utterly senseless, the latest Jackass plays like a frenzied, feature-length fails video. MTV’s Jackass has enjoyed endless… Read More

February 3, 2022

Sundance Review: Alli Haapasalo’s ‘Girl Picture’ is a frank and funny look at the power of female friendship [Grade: B+]

The need to be seen and how the pressure of society affects how you behave and color yourself is ever-present… Read More

January 29, 2022

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