Movie Review: Evil Does Not Exist
Caffeine. If I didn’t know who Ryusuke Hamaguchi was, I would immediately start rolling my eyes as his very deliberate beginning to another one of …
4 Star Reviews
Movie Review: The Idea of You
We kind of all forgot. After winning that Oscar she desperately wanted, moviegoers turned on Anne Hathaway pretty fast, and decided they didn’t want anything …
Movie Review: Merry Christmas
As enjoyable as movies like RRR or Pathaan can be, Indian Cinema, at least as seen in the West, can pitfall into action epics or …
Movie Review: Musica
When critics talk about a film by a new director, they will use the term “new voice” a lot. What that basically means is that …
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 …
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 …