Movie Review: The United States vs. Billie Holiday
A very casual jazz/blues fan, I was familiar with the name Billie Holiday, but unfamiliar with her life or songs. I’ll say this at least …
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Movie Review: Minari
The American Dream. Much like love, you know it when you see it. Minari is very much a story about the American Dream. Compared to …
Movie Review: I Care a Lot
You know those Life Alert commercials? Everyone knows these devices are meant to solve a real problem, but there’s just something so darkly funny about …
Movie Review: Nomadland
Chloe Zhao burst onto the movie scene with The Rider, an amazing story about a Native American Cowboy in South Dakota. Zhao’s tales are the …
Movie Review: The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things is an almost movie. It’s at times almost unwatchable because of its indie soundtrack montaging. It’s almost too adorably …
Movie Review: Judas and the Black Messiah
Martin Luther King. Malcolm X. Rosa Parks. James Baldwin. John Lewis. Muhammad Ali. Jim Brown. Bill Russell. Sam Cooke. These are some of the famous …
Movie Review: Earwig and the Witch
Studio Ghibli has been a force in the animated world since the 1980s. How good are they? Well, in a recent comparison, Their bench of …
Movie Review: To All the Boys: Always and Forever
Netflix has been killing it in the movie world for a good while now. The streaming service is running out of milestones it has to …
Movie Review: Malcolm & Marie
You got me Sam Levinson! Your gorgeous trailer for Malcolm & Marie promised an exquisite experience from all angles, and I was ready to be …
Movie Review: Finding ‘Ohana
It would be easy to dismiss Finding ‘Ohana as a Goonies clone. I would respond with this: is that a bad thing? Remixing one of …