Movie Review: We Grown Now
Why did Candyman choose Cabrini Green to terrorize? For the unfamiliar, this tiny little section of the north side of Chicago doesn’t need a boogeyman …
4 Star Reviews
Movie Review: Housekeeping for Beginners
I don’t know for sure that Goran Stolevski has seen any Hirokazu Koreeda movies. However, the Macedonian/Australian’s eyes and ears for human stories on the …
Movie Review: STEVE! (Martin) a Documentary in 2 Pieces
On the surface, it would seem like doing a documentary about Steve Martin would be like shooting fish in a barrel. But any ho hum …
Movie Review: Monkey Man
You know who should direct Mumbai’s John Wick? The Slumdog Millionaire kid. Dev Patel has come a long way since Skins and his Oscar winning …
Movie Review: La Chimera
Thank goodness for world cinema. As much as I enjoy a new superhero saving us from a tyrannical villain every 3-6 months, other countries have …
Movie Review: Love Lies Bleeding
We all have that one person: the regifter. No matter what you try to get them, they find a way to repackage or redistribute it …
Movie Review: Problemista
Saturday Night Live has its share of strange presences over the years: Andy Kaufman, Jack Handey, Robert Smigel, all left their mark with their strange, …
Movie Review: The Mission
Anyone who’s grown up religious can relate to John Allen Chau. Inquisitive and completely sure of his purpose, John set out on his big life’s …
Movie Review: Dune: Part Two
Now we’re getting somewhere! While the first Dune was a spectacle to behold, the world building was so vast that the movie was basically a …
Movie Review: The Taste of Things
With all the Masterchef and Great British Bakeoff Material in the ether, it’s easy to forget that Italy and France rule the Western culinary world. …