movie review

Retro Review: ‘L.I.E.’ (2001)

L.I.E. is an unusually frank and unwaveringly perceptive film in which every character seems to live in line with the… Read More

May 1, 2023

Retro Review: ‘Donnie Darko’ (2001)

It's hard to nail down Donnie Darko as it succeeds on so many levels. It's a science fiction coming-of-age tale,… Read More

April 7, 2023

‘Worth’ review: Michael Keaton delivers in this subtle, harrowing look at the people left behind on September 11th

It’s been twenty years since the horrific events of September 11th, 2001, a day where the United States was shaken… Read More

August 31, 2021

‘Stillwater’ review: Tom McCarthy’s latest is a harrowing if uneven drama with Matt Damon’s best performance in years

Unless you were living under a rock, it was hard to forget about the Amanda Knox case. A story in… Read More

July 28, 2021

‘The Green Knight’ review: With confident pacing and the marvelous Dev Patel, David Lowery creates a medieval masterpiece

Within the first act of The Green Knight, King Arthur (Sean Harris) asks his nephew Gawain (Dev Patel) to sit… Read More

July 26, 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

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,… Read More

December 9, 2020

Film Review: ‘Amulet’ – Romola Garai’s directorial debut puts a fresh spin on classic horror

This is a strange variant on the riddle of “The Chicken and the Egg” I suppose, but which do you… Read More

July 22, 2020

Film Review: ‘Greyhound’ swims more than it sinks in WWII cat and mouse saga

(Apple) Disney+ hit the jackpot in trying to compete with Netflix for the lucrative home audience with Hamilton, and now… Read More

July 20, 2020

Film Review: ‘Palm Springs’ is the best movie of the year

Jessica Perez/Hulu Some of the best experiences come from the most surprising places.  I wasn’t expecting much from Palm Springs,… Read More

July 17, 2020

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