‘In the Heights’ review: The crowd pleasing event of the summer
In an era marked by powerful calls for increased representation across the board in Hollywood, the reception of films like Black Panther, Crazy Rich Asians,... Read More
Film Reviews
‘Infinite’ review: aka Uncle Mark who can recall his past lives, but for a flaccid sci-fi bore
Out of an abundance of caution, common sense, and prudence, the global pandemic forced movie studios to delay dozens, if not hundreds, of films scheduled... Read More
‘In the Heights’ review: Impossible to resist and puts Latinx representation joyously front-and-center
Representation matters. Representation has always mattered and always will matter. Gatekeepers, however, determine — and continue to determine, though in a slightly reduced amount — who receives representation and... Read More
‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ review: In their third ghostly caper, the Warrens suffer from some tired rituals
Despite only making up three titular movies to date, the “Conjuring Universe” from Warner Bros. has so far stretched to an ever-increasing, and mostly diminishing,... Read More
‘A Quiet Place Part II’ review: Krasinski echoes the minimalist horror of ‘Part 1’ with maximum impact
After a slew of less-than-successful indie films, John Krasinski found his stride as a successful blockbuster director with A Quiet Place in 2018, mainly because... Read More
‘Cruella’ review: Emma Stone’s punk rock princess makes for one of the best Disney live action films in years
No matter how much independent film flourished in 2020, which was one of the few positive things that came out of the pandemic, we all... Read More
‘Moulin Rouge!’ retrospective: 20 years later we still haven’t stopped feeling Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and above all things, Love
“So she has to sleep in the same bed as someone else for a night, what’s the big deal?” Such was my chief frustration with... Read More
‘The Woman in the Window’ review: a new camp classic is born and that’s a good thing
Whether or not director Joe Wright was intending to make a camp classic with his new film, The Woman in the Window, is unclear, but the result certainly is. The Netflix film,... Read More
‘The Djinn’ review: Little Boy Boos
Although there are about fifty Dracula movies in development right now it does seem to me as if the horror movie makers have done some rummaging about... Read More
‘Oxygen’ review: A tight thriller full of reveals that will leave you breathless
And some folks would say Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt in Passengers had it rough! In Oxygen, our lead Elizabeth (Mélanie Laurent) will encounter more... Read More
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Director Watch Podcast Ep. 80 -‘The Intern’ (Nancy Meyers, 2015)