Movie Review: Fallen Leaves
Ah, the great amour. Most movies make falling in love feel like magic, with gorgeous, ambitious people finding romance in exotic, beautiful places. Fallen Leaves …
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Movie Review: Origin
I wish more filmmakers were as bold as Ava DuVernay. Since Selma, DuVernay has grown more and more ambitious with her projects, tying modern policing …
Movie Review: The Beekeeper
As much as The Meg seemed super fun, The Beekeeper is what I hope Jason Statham continues to choose for movie vehicles. The premise is …
Movie Review: The Book of Clarence
I am all for Jeymes Samuel’s crusade. For years, black people only had chances to play stereotypes if any roles at all in classic movie …
Movie Review: Occupied City
The most overlooked great filmmaker of the past 10-15 years has to be Steve McQueen. AFTER he directed a Best Picture Winner, he made an …
Movie Review: Mean Girls (2024)
For the Gen Zers, I can’t possibly explain how exciting 2004’s Mean Girls was. It seemed that until that point high school stories were filtered …
Movie Review: The Zone of Interest
Calling a film an “art film” these days feels more like a strike against the movie in 2023. I kinda get what they mean: being …
Movie Review: Society of the Snow
It was time. While 1993’s Alive was fine, the movie suffers from West Side Story syndrome, in that it takes an Uruguayan story and whitewashes …
Movie Review: All of Us Strangers
Everyone wants to be loved. Mr. Rogers once said the greatest thing we can do is convince someone that they’re loved and capable of loving. …
Movie Review: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom reminds me of a certain type of sports team. We’re a few years removed from that team’s peak, and slowly …