Movie Review: The Colors Within
2016-2017 was post Studio Ghibli grandeur from Japan’s animators, producing 3 of the best films of the year. Makoto Shinkai followed up Your Name with …
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Movie Review: I’m Still Here
If there were a subtitle for I’m Still Here, it would be A Family Affair. Every Brazilian family was affected by the military dictatorship that …
Movie Review: The Girl With the Needle
Great movies are a balance between art and entertainment. Most movies tread too far into the “entertainment” category, sucking any and all personality from a …
Movie Review: Wolf Man (2025)
I’m still convinced Leigh Whannell has the magic touch. James Wan gets all the credit, but it’s Whannell who wrote the best of the Saw …
Movie Review: The Damned
There’s always more folklore to discover. Everytime we run out of a country’s supernatural fables (US, Italy, Japan had their phases) we simply move onto …
Movie Review: Presence
What a crime. Steven Soderbergh, one of our great filmmakers, has not released a movie in theaters in seven years! It’s a combination of bad …
Movie Review: Sugarcane
I have family members and friends who have known someone who had survived the Holocaust and concentration camps. I’d ask my younger friends if they …
Movie Review: One of Them Days
Streaming has taken the hang out movie away from theatres. Some of my favorite memories are being with friends going to see the funny movie …
Movie Review: The Room Next Door
Poor Pedro Almodovar. He lives out his feelings in his work. The Room Next Door shows us he’s really worried about death, and how he’s …
Movie Review: Hard Truths
I run hot and cold with Mike Leigh’s films. If you’re not sucked into his world, the slow burn of his stories is gonna fell …