Movie Review: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The first Knives Out was a nonstop delight: a modern detective caper built upon and breaking down the murder mystery. So when Netflix ponied up …
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Movie Review: Good Night Oppy
Call it the Wall E effect. Good Night Oppy could have been a straightforward story about a really successful NASA project. But they just HAD …
Movie Review: Babylon
I’d like to think Babylon started with Damien Chazelle sitting in a screening of Singin’ in the Rain. And when the film ends, everyone is …
Movie Review: The Whale
There are three types of Darren Aronofsky movies. There’s the boundary pushing force of nature magnum opuses, then there’s the brilliant misfires, which look amazing …
Movie Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
I sorely underestimated the 1940 Pinocchio. What Walt Disney created with that masterpiece is pure movie magic: maybe the ultimate kids movie, filled with unforgettable …
Movie Review: Lady Chatterly’s Lover
Finally! Poor Emma Corrin just wants what everyone wants: a passionate sexually fulfilling relationship. Lord knows the poor girl has tried: Princess Diana left her …
Movie Review: Navalny
In the United States, I have to remind myself sometimes how lucky we are politically. Rival political parties aren’t so opposed to one another that …
Movie Review: Avatar: The Way of Water
Big Jim. Never doubted you for a second! After spending a decade going to the Mariana Trench and generally living under the sea, James Cameron …
Movie Review: Empire of Light
Every director has to go back to their past apparently. Empire of Light is another one I wish didn’t Sam Mendes, I love a lot …
Movie Review: Violent Night
Santa Claus: Action Hero. Other than the incredible “Santa’s Slay” I don’t think I’d seen a movie where jolly Old St. Nick…just beat the living …