Movie Review: All of Us Strangers
Everyone wants to be loved. Mr. Rogers once said the greatest thing we can do is convince someone that they’re loved and capable of loving. …
Drama
Movie Review: Ferrari
Cars and men. Men and cars. Excuse me, Mann and cars. Michael Mann doing a story about Enzo Ferrari seems like a match made in …
Movie Review: American Fiction
Through entertainment, American audiences have become accustomed to 3 types of stories about African-Americans: either they’re slaves, Civil rights fighters, or super poor, pregnant, drug …
Movie Review: Poor Things
Maybe it was Colin Farrell. Yorgos Lanthimos has a certain way with words, which work perfectly if Colin Farrell says them. However, that dialogue inside …
Movie Review: Monster (2023)
In the big US corporate world of moviemaking, stories about complex ordinary people aren’t gonna bring in the big bucks, so they only go for …
Movie Review: May December
Reviewing movies for a while now, I’ve heard a lot of interviews about actors describing their “process.” Generally my eyes start to glaze over as …
Movie Review: Saltburn
And I thought Americans were sexually repressed. Emerald Fennell shows the deep well of buried desire pulsating through the young hot, rich Brits at Saltburn. …
Movie Review: Dream Scenario
So now we have the Nic Cage pattern. Every other year he makes a deranged scenery chewing spectacle. And the following year he takes what …
Movie Review: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
In the cynical studio world of entertainment over art at all times, it’s nice sometimes to see pure unadulterated art. All Dirt Roads Taste of …
Movie Review: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Let’s start here: of the YA adaptations starting with Twilight The Hunger Games are probably the most interesting ones. For a series aimed at teenagers, …