Sundance Review: ‘John and the Hole’ is emptier than it first appears
At first glance, the concept for Pascual Sisto’s debut feature John and the Hole is delightfully devious: a young 13-year-old boy named John (Charlie Shotwell)... Read More
Film Reviews
Sundance Review: Jerrod Carmichael’s ‘On the Count of Three’ is a triggering yet quirky journey of suicidal tendencies
It’s not every day you see a movie about a suicide pact. No matter how you look at it, if a suicide pact is the... Read More
Sundance Review: ‘Flee’ is a refugee tale unlike any you have ever seen before
No matter what kind of entertainment an artist pursues, they are always in search of a story and the best way to tell it. In... Read More
Sundance Review: Hand-drawn fantasy adventure ‘Cryptozoo’ soaks you in psychedelia
The best way I can think to describe My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea cartoonist Dash Shaw’s Cryptozoo, the product of years of... Read More
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
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
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‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Review: What’s Left to Do for the Teens of East Highland High but to Rue the Day [C+] 
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