Movie Review: Dahomey
Dahomey proves Mati Diop is no fluke. After her incredible debut with Atlantics, Diop proves she’s just as adept with documentaries as with narrative films. …
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Movie Review: Y2K
Much like the Mayan Calendar Ending, Y2K was a phenomenon that wasn’t, though we definitely turned our computers off that night. I will admit, I …
Movie Review: Bird
Andrea Arnold and Sean Baker are part of the director coin flip. If you’re lucky and land heads, you’re Sean Baker, raised around the poor …
Movie Review: Emilia Perez
Some Netflix movies are there to hum in the background as you do whatever task is in front of you. Emilia Perez is NOT one …
Movie Review: Turtles All the Way Down
All hail the king of teen dramas, John Green. The Youtuber Novelist (explaining this to Jane Austen would have been incredible) has this very specific …
Movie Review: Uprising
I’m kinda pissed the Netflix algorithm didn’t push Uprising harder. Instead of getting some over hyped mediocre drama from an over the hill actor, I’d …
Movie Review: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
With Halloween in the rear view mirror, the avalanche of Christmas movies is about to begin. Amidst the endless “overworked female city dweller falls in …
Movie Review: The Shadow Strays
And that’s how you decapitate somebody! Timo Tjahjanto as far as I’m concerned deserves an honorary Oscar as a part of completely revitalizing the action …
Movie Review: Woman of the Hour
Anna Kendrick is on a mission. Other than a troll film here and there, post pandemic she’s really been digging into heavy dramas and thrillers, …
Movie Review: We Live In Time
Highs and lows. Director John Crowley has those on his resume. Brooklyn is one of the best movies about immigrants I’ve ever seen, but The …