Movie Review: American Symphony
I don’t know what happened with documentary filmmakers in 2023, but they really went all in on celebrity profiles. Most big streamers have at least …
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Movie Review: Leave the World Behind
I know I’m screwed. I’ve made a conscious choice to be a big city community person. So in the event the world starts to implode …
Movie Review: Eileen
Thomasin McKenzie’s character Eileen must have met Dexy’s Midnight Runners. While the band was on a vacation in the US in the early 70’s, they …
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: Thanksgiving
In the horror movie world, the torture porn subgenre of movies causes the greatest divide between a die hard horror afficionado and a normal person. …
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: Rustin
When Barack Obama would list his favorite movies every year, I knew he had at least decent taste. That taste has proven even better than …
Movie Review: Nyad
I honestly am shocked. I thought Netflix made the best possible movie about aquatics with The Swimmers last year. Turns out, Annette Benning and Jodie …
Movie Review: Radical
Every generation needs one of these. The 1980s didn’t start this movement, but it did master it with classics like Stand & Deliver and Dead …