Movie Review: The VelociPastor
In the time of social distancing, pandemics, and streaming service smorgasbords, you can find all sorts of movies to pass the time. Catch up on …
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Movie Review: Wendy
Benh Zeitlin burst onto the scene with Beasts of the Southern Wild, a revelation of a film about a young girl growing up in a …
Movie Review: Onward
I’ve said this a few times now, but Toy Story 3 represented a turning point in Pixar’s history. After that crowning achievement, Disney Animation poached …
Movie Review: The Way Back
And so we enter the new phase of the Ben Affleck meta movie. First there was the movie star flexes like Armageddon. Then came the …
Movie Review: Emma.
Emma is the Jane Austen story most Americans have probably actually seen. I know Pride and Prejudice is well known, but Clueless is basically Emma …
Movie Review: The Invisible Man (2020)
Now THIS is a great literary adaptation. H.G. Wells thought of the great premise: what if someone was invisible to the naked eye? Now, there …
Movie Review: The Last Thing He Wanted
Poor Dee Rees. After coming out of the gate with two great films, Pariah and Mudbound, Rees probably saw The Last Thing He Wanted as …
Movie Review: The Call of the Wild (2020)
Some movies are emotional gut punches about the trials of the human condition. Others make you laugh until you start crying. And others…get by with …
Movie Review: The Lodge
Movie manipulation is a tricky thing. The greats – think Spielberg in ET – are clever in how they deploy their tactics, weaving the manipulation …
Movie Review: Horse Girl
Alison Brie has always been underutilized in Hollywood. Her talents are much deeper than people give her credit for, and she almost always makes everything …