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Film Review: Humor and heart prevail in ‘Onward’

Dewey Singleton February 22, 2020

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

Film Review: ‘Emma.’ Period. End of Sentence.

Jason Adams February 19, 2020

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’

Dewey Singleton February 12, 2020

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’

Jason Adams January 29, 2020

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

Dewey Singleton January 25, 2020

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’

Donny Sheldon January 24, 2020

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

Dewey Singleton January 16, 2020

‘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

Rubin Safaya December 18, 2019

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'

Rubin Safaya December 10, 2019

“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’

Catherine Springer December 9, 2019

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