Sundance Review: ‘Human Factors’ is a slick and engrossing whodunit
At the beginning of Human Factors you settle in thinking it will be your standard home invasion thriller. Albeit a good one, shot and directed... Read More
Film Reviews
Sundance Review: ‘CODA’ speaks its own language as a potent and moving coming of age story
Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” is a key player in CODA, the new film from writer/director Sian Heder which kicked off the 2021 Sundance Film... Read More
Film Review: ‘The Little Things’ is a criminally boring whodunit that’s more of a whocares
When you hear that three Oscar winners are starring in a movie, normally it would garner at least a heightened interest in the film, at... Read More
Film Review: Matthias Schoenaerts and Joel Kinnaman in ‘Brothers By Blood’ isn’t nearly as horny as it sounds
A note to everybody in the business of casting and making movies — hire Matthias Schoenaerts. His specific mixture of sweet, sad, and bulkily intimidating... Read More
Film Review: Jason Segel is winning in heartfelt family drama ‘Our Friend’
It’s safe to say that a movie about a young mother dying of cancer might not be one that someone would race to watch. It... Read More
Film Review: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ puts the “mess” in message
WARNING: this review contains major spoilers. In a previous op-ed, I bemoaned how, regardless of the intent behind their invention, superheroes no longer provide moral guidance or... Read More
Film Review: Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan have a ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’ in sweet and silly romcom
Simply on its face, the new film Wild Mountain Thyme is a light-hearted, almost fantastical take on a Hallmark romance, but there’s just something about... Read More
Film Review: ‘The Midnight Sky’ feels like a hopeful magnum opus, but falls short of epic odyssey
George Clooney is a director of much ambition. Unafraid it seems to tackle any narrative of any genre, and The Midnight Sky feels like the... Read More
Retrospective: 30 years later, ‘Misery’ still loves company
“I’m your number one fan” To think, 30 years ago, those five words were just a thing people said at stage doors or in fan... Read More
Retrospective: ‘Home for the Holidays’ might be more poignant this year than ever
A movie about how painful it can be to go home – and why you still should This year, many families will be forced forego... Read More
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