Film Review: Humor and heart prevail in ‘Onward’
Onward is the perfect mix of humor and heart. It’s a tale of legacy and rediscovering the magic which binds families together. For a movie that... Read More
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Film Review: ‘Emma.’ Period. End of Sentence.
The character of Jane Austen’s Emma has always been a bit of a pain in the bum. She’s a bored rich girl who can’t stop... Read More
Film Review: There’s more love to be found in ‘To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You’
To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You perfectly captures the angst and awkwardness of young love. While To All The Boys Loved Before captured the sweet... Read More
Film Review: Julia Garner is absolutely revelatory in Kitty Green’s taut, #MeToo drama ‘The Assistant’
My very first job interview when I moved to New York twenty years ago was to be the personal assistant to an award-winning and highly... Read More
Review: ‘The Gentlemen’ is a gangster’s paradise
The Gentlemen is a highly stylized, well-written gangster romp that’s entertaining as hell. Writer/director Guy Ritchie has outdone himself in his latest work with one of the best works of... Read More
Sundance Review: ‘Taylor Swift: Miss Americana’
When the title card for the new Netflix documentary, Miss Americana, appeared on screen at last night’s premiere, a fan broke the silence and shrieked... Read More
Film Review: ‘Bad Boys for Life’ hits all the right notes
‘Bad Boys for Life’ is an explosive, thrilling slice of nostalgia that evokes memories of ‘Lethal Weapon.’ The past is fresh once again! Perhaps, but... Read More
Film Review: ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ – The Force Ghost of Banality, Now and Forever
Incestuous family. Those are the words that come to mind here for a variety of reasons. What started as a running joke about the lack... Read More
Review: 'Bombshell'
“Here’s the one thing you probably know about me. I have a big mouth,” says Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) in a freeze-frame moment—a trope that’s... Read More
Review: ‘A Hidden Life’
I’m not a religious person, but there’s been something about Martin Scorsese’s 2016 drama Silence, about a pair of Jesuit priests in the 17th century... Read More
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2024 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) Nominations