Movie Review: Nightbooks
I remember my first scary movie at a sleepover. I was 10, and I saw Tim Curry’s It. Suffice to say, I’m perpetually wary of …
2021
Movie Review: Cry Macho
Only Betty White has more energy than Clint Eastwood. Still bucking those broncos at 91, Eastwood just keeps churning out film after film after film. …
Movie Review: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
The Prom came out at the end of last year, and made the criminal mistake of taking a young girl’s story of identity and sexuality …
Movie Review: Blue Bayou
A lot of Oscar films usually advocate for a particular cause. Something important, highlighting a segment of the population usually not covered by Marvel or …
Movie Review: Copshop
Being in the height of Oscar movie season, I usually look forward to the next 3 months to be filled with really searing, fascinating stories …
Movie Review: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Religion is one of humanity’s great motivators. Many of people’s belief systems are framed through that lens, usually formed at a young age. So people …
Movie Review: The Card Counter
The 1970s were the American Renaissance from their 1930s beginnings. It was a flourishing decade defined by new directors, a darker storytelling landscape, and boundary …
Movie Review: Malignant
Hollywood’s under the radar moneymaker has been James Wan, now 35th on the all time list cashing in over $1.1 billion on films he’s directed. …
Movie Review: Cinderella (2021)
The problem with retelling a story as famous as Cinderella is the fear of audience alienation. Stray too far from the main tale, and the …
Movie Review: Worth
20 years. It’s been 20 years since September 11, 2001 changed the entire course of United States History. 2,996 people had their lives cruelly cut …