Movie Review: Cinderella (2021)
The problem with retelling a story as famous as Cinderella is the fear of audience alienation. Stray too far from the main tale, and the …
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Movie Review: Annette
One of the reasons Greta Gerwig’s Little Women was so special, is that she finally pointed out that art is more tied to commerce than …
Movie Review: Summer of Soul
Woodstock. Even the name inspires all sorts of music fans and baby boomers to swoon nostalgically for all the amazing talent on display at what …
Movie Review: In the Heights
In 1976, someone told Sylvester Stallone that no one was gonna make a movie for him. If he wanted to be on the big screen, …
Movie Review: The Prom
Ah the prom. The highs and lows. The best night of a young life. Or the worst one. Hey, at least Ryan Murphy finds a …
Movie Review: Lovers Rock
After Mangrove came in like a force of nature, Steve McQueen decided to throw a party. Lovers Rock takes us to the 1970s London world …
Movie Review: Christmas On the Square
Dolly Parton’s approval rating is perpetually sky high. That’s because the woman, and her songs, are a national treasure. Christmas on the Square doesn’t have …
Movie Review: Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
If you’re a director, I honestly don’t know why you would make a movie about an eccentric inventor. It’s got everything you’d want right? You …
Movie Review: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tim Burton always has a thing for the outcast. The weirdo. The misunderstood. Animation would seem perfect for the man, freeing him from the constraints …
Movie Review: Work It
Dance movies can go one of two ways. They can be self serious affairs that drag you into their “life or death….with dancing” scenario (Save …