Film Reviews

‘Golden Arm’ review: the ‘Bridesmaids’ of sports comedies with a breakout performance from Betsy Sodaro

Betsy Sodaro and Mary Holland go hand in hand in the raucous new comedy Golden Arm As this week marks… Read More

May 1, 2021

New Directors/New Films Festival Review: ‘All Light, Everywhere’ teaches us how to see

Theo Anthony’s experimental documentary All Light, Everywhere confronts you with images you might not want to see: An inside look… Read More

April 30, 2021

‘Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse’ review: Michael B. Jordan is a highlight in a battlefield of well-trodden territory

There is just something about Tom Clancy novels and their adaptations that never seem to fully work in the modern… Read More

April 28, 2021

‘The Virtuoso’ review: a lazy, dull hitman saga that could have killed Anthony Hopkins’ Oscar chances

According to Hollywood, there is no character as interesting, sexy, mysterious or cinematic as a professional assassin. An incredibly large… Read More

April 28, 2021

‘Bloodthirsty’ review: The vegetarian lesbian werewolf movie you’ve been waiting for

Bloodthirsty, the new film directed by Amelia Moses (Bleed with Me), and written by Wendy Hill Tout, and Lowell follows… Read More

April 27, 2021

‘Four Good Days’ review: Mila Kunis rises above a woefully clichéd drug addiction story

Addiction has always made for some visceral storytelling. From Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dream to Girl, Interrupted and 28… Read More

April 26, 2021

‘Stowaway’ review: Sci-fi flash balances with grounded drama in Joe Penna’s slick space thriller

No matter how successful we have been so far and how much we, as a species, continue to extend our… Read More

April 23, 2021

‘Mortal Kombat’ review: An entertaining but ultimately sub-zero adaptation

Throughout the past few decades, the video game film genre has gained a notorious reputation. Popularized in the 90’s by… Read More

April 22, 2021

‘The Mitchells vs. The Machines’ review: Lord and Miller upload the first great animated film of 2021

“Lots of families have strengths. My family only has weaknesses,” quips Katie (Abbi Jacobson) in the opening minutes of The… Read More

April 21, 2021

‘Monday’ review: Sebastian Stan and Denise Gough bring a new level of chaos to the romance genre

At first glance, Monday seems about as conventional as you'd expect from a whirlwind romance between two Americans living overseas.… Read More

April 15, 2021

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