Movie Review: 2nd Chance
Ramin Bahrani certainly finds interesting stories. He can easily tell a tale about a homeless kid working in body shops or an Indian taxi business …
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Movie Review: Fire of Love
Fire of Love sounds like a terrible Lifetime Movie about a firefighter who is also a pyromaniac. What it actually is, is a sweet documentary …
Movie Review: The Inspection
Don’t ask don’t tell. Elegance Bratton had to enter the military with this policy in place, designed to keep gay people in the closet preventing …
Movie Review: Devotion
Hollywood only likes making American war movies about “the good wars.” You know, the ones where Americans are the heroes and the victors against great …
Movie Review: She Said
The movie industry She Said is going after is the reason “Hollywood Elites” have become such a rallying cry. The Weinstein scandal shows that even …
Movie Review: Argentina, 1985
My ignorance never let me know there was another Nuremberg trials. Down in Argentina, the old military leaders faced a similar trial against the new …
Movie Review: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
The idea was sitting right there for everyone to take: the fake biopic. Someone daring enough could take everything sentimental, dignified, and beautiful about telling …
Movie Review: All Quiet on the Western Front
I understand the hesitancy. All Quiet on the Western Front was THE definitive book on World War I written in 1929, then a year later …
Movie Review: Tár
It’s true: when a summer blockbuster is flying, fanny pack martial arting, or dance offing, nothing hits that guttural joy more. But when the winter …
Movie Review: Moonage Daydream
Most documentaries stick to a well trodden layout that works. A few talking heads, some well designed statistical graphics, and a little voiceover helps the …