Movie Review: The Menu
No industry is more ripe for a humiliating satire than the upscale restaurant industry. Like all artists catering to the super rich, the chefs and …
Comedy
Movie Review: Enola Holmes 2
There weren’t a lot of bright spots in 2020, especially at the movies. One of them, was Enola Holmes, with Millie Bobby Brown playing Sherlock’s …
Movie Review: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
The idea was sitting right there for everyone to take: the fake biopic. Someone daring enough could take everything sentimental, dignified, and beautiful about telling …
Movie Review: Ticket to Paradise
Sometimes making a movie can be really simple. Put some A-listers in a gorgeous vacation getaway, and just let them make an hour and a …
Movie Review: Catherine Called Birdy
O, to be young…and be a girl in an oppressive patriarchal society. Lena Dunham certainly experienced her fair share of this unfortunate rite of passage …
Movie Review: Triangle of Sadness
When in doubt, punch up. Ruben Ostlund, who previously aimed for the art world in his Palme d’Or winning The Square, moves into more modern …
Movie Review: Amsterdam
Amsterdam really goes for a big magic trick. The appeal is certainly there: a juicy historical period piece with a whole cast of kooky costumes …
Movie Review: Bros
The saddest development of the last 10 years is watching studio comedies slowly fall by the wayside. One of the reasons I got into movie …
Movie Review: See How They Run
Listen up, kids. Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig REVIVED the murder mystery genre. The OG’s of that genre are Edgar Allen Poe and especially Agatha …
Movie Review: Confess, Fletch
When Hollywood see Jon Hamm, they see a hunky, beautiful man made out of marble, ready to be used as eye candy in military uniforms …