Movie Review: American Honey
Andrea Arnold likes writing movies about poor young people trying to achieve their even small dreams. Despite their misguided worldview, Arnold’s British characters contain some …
Drama
Movie Review: Sully
Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger is a professional pilot. Tom Hanks is a professional actor. And Clint Eastwood is a professional director. It’s pretty obvious then that …
Movie Review: Don’t Think Twice
Making people laugh for a living is as great a high for me as any drug out there. Don’t Think Twice goes deep inside baseball …
Movie Review: Swiss Army Man
Now THAT’S how you do a fart joke. Simply, Swiss Army Man is what the previews and meme’s have suggested it as: Harry Potter plays …
Movie Review: Barbershop: The Next Cut
I’ve always been fascinated by the attraction of a barbershop to the African American community, probably because there is no equivalent place like it in …
Movie Review: The Revenant
Congratulations, Academy. Is this what you wanted? All Leo DiCaprio wants is one Oscar, and as one of the best actors of his generation, he …
Movie Review: Brooklyn
My mom’s side of the family is Irish. Brooklyn’s story is as much about them as it is most American families. Anchored by Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn …
Movie Review: Spotlight
All The President’s Men set the movie standard for investigative journalism. Since that feature, there have been several decades of movies about reporters, some good, …
Movie Review: The Big Short
Full disclosure: The Big Short by Michael Lewis is one of the best books I’ve read since I left school. It is also one of …
Movie Review: The Danish Girl
The Danish Girl is a serious movie about serious people directed and produced by serious artists. Like any Oscar movie that knows how important it …