Movie Review: Swiped
Dating apps will be a movie well that never ends. The true crime documentaries and swindling alone have already paid for Netflix subscriptions 10x over. …
Drama
Movie Review: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
And what a Grand Finale it was! We said goodbye to Maggie Smith (sadly, in reality too) in the last Downton. And now we say …
Movie Review: Twinless
Hell yeah! Movies can get remembered for many reasons, but one of the best ones is when you pinpoint this as the movie where someone …
Movie Review: A Little Prayer
What a beautiful little gem this film is. Angus MacLachlan must have said A Little Prayer when he sat down to write his screenplay, hoping …
Movie Review: The Thursday Murder Club
As one sun sets, another also rises. With Downton Abbey nearing its grand finale, Anglophiles have become worried what will replace that sensation. Enter Netflix, …
Movie Review: Eden
The Garden of Eden is the aspiration of humanity whether or not you believe in it: a paradise where you have no fears and live …
Movie Review: The Knife
I like to think The Knife started with The League. Here’s Mark Duplass, Pete on the show, playing his own fantasy football team. He’s elated …
Movie Review: Eephus
After high school/college, it gets really hard to make friends. In Chicago, one of the great glue groups is the Chicago Sport and Social Club, …
Movie Review: Highest 2 Lowest
The great director cycle continues. John Ford’s westerns of the 30s and 40s as well as William Shakespeare inspired Akira Kurosawa, the great Japanese director, …
Movie Review: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
There’s plenty of movies about racism and racial politics. But not many of those are viewed through the lens of small children, for obvious reasons. …