Film Reviews

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Swept Away’ and ‘Chicago’ (2002)

“More than any other example in recent memory, Chicago shows how much the element of surprise is missing from today's… Read More

February 28, 2021

Film Review: ‘Tom & Jerry’ somehow makes New York less interesting with animated characters

There's maybe one scene in all of Tom & Jerry that at least partly measures up to the catchy formula… Read More

February 26, 2021

Film Review: Keith Thomas’ debut ‘The Vigil’ is a visceral, shomer scare

You can't run away from your past. Your past is always there, over your shoulder, like the monster in a… Read More

February 25, 2021

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Freddy Got Fingered and A Beautiful Mind (2001)

“This film not only left me with an incredible sense of dread for the 80 minutes of my life wasted… Read More

February 22, 2021

Film Review: ‘Silk Road’ is a true-story crime drama that is weirdly short on both

In one of the earliest scenes of Silk Road, a scraggly-bearded Nick Robinson half-heartedly perks up from his bed to… Read More

February 18, 2021

Film Review: ‘To All the Boys: Always and Forever’ wraps up the cozy trilogy with a few new hearts to break

In many ways, To All the Boys: Always and Forever feels like a love letter addressed to its own series,… Read More

February 14, 2021

Film Review: ‘Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar’ is the comedic vacation we need right now

You’d be well within your rights to wonder if Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo’s titular Barb and Star are characters… Read More

February 13, 2021

Retrospective: 30 Years Later, ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ remains an Oscar anomaly in the horror genre

Historically, in the eyes of AMPAS, the idea of even nominating a horror movie for Best Picture is scarier than… Read More

February 10, 2021

Sundance Review: ‘The World to Come’ too often sacrifices character for mood

The latest entry in the period piece lesbian drama genre that has grown increasingly popular in the past few years… Read More

February 2, 2021

Film Review: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ is powered by a fiery and brilliant performance from Daniel Kaluuya

The giants of the Civil Rights movement of the ‘60s could be considered America’s original Avengers, and perhaps there is… Read More

February 1, 2021

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