Movie Review: Robot Dreams
Sometimes words get in the way of a great story. Robots and dogs don’t use a lot of words to communicate what they’re feeling to …
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Movie Review: Babes
Despite the fact that everyone is, you know, BORN, at some point, the movies give us shockingly little information about pregnancy other than “It’s complicated …
Movie Review: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
How could George Miller possibly follow up Fury Road? That gem of an action extravaganza came at the right place, and time, with the right …
Movie Review: Girls State
Apple TV has made some great content, including a best picture winner, a Martin Scorcese Movie, and a Denzel Washington/William Shakespeare collab. But of all …
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 …
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 …