Movie Review: The Wonder
How do legends start? And maybe more importantly, why do they start? The Wonder tackles those big questions, sending Florence Pugh to rural Ireland to …
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Movie Review: Disenchanted
I had wanted an Enchanted sequel for years. The Amy Adams movie from 2007 is one of my favorite Disney creations: their version of The …
Movie Review: Spirited
Generally, Christmas movies cater to the PG crowd, or the hard R crowd. But what about the cynical smartass teenagers? Despite their hard callous exteriors, …
Movie Review: Devotion
Hollywood only likes making American war movies about “the good wars.” You know, the ones where Americans are the heroes and the victors against great …
Movie Review: My Policeman
My Policeman got Biff Tannen’d. I’m sure the writers had a well thought out period piece about the struggles of LGBTQ people in a different …
Movie Review: The Fabelmans
It’s Steven Spielberg’s time. In the age of director origin stories (Roma, The Hand of God, Belfast, Armageddon Time), it was only a matter of …
Movie Review: She Said
The movie industry She Said is going after is the reason “Hollywood Elites” have become such a rallying cry. The Weinstein scandal shows that even …
Movie Review: A Christmas Story Christmas
What makes A Christmas Story worthy of marathon cable programming around the holidays? It found a perfect holiday formula: nostalgia + short mini vignettes leading …
Movie Review: The Menu
No industry is more ripe for a humiliating satire than the upscale restaurant industry. Like all artists catering to the super rich, the chefs and …
Movie Review: Argentina, 1985
My ignorance never let me know there was another Nuremberg trials. Down in Argentina, the old military leaders faced a similar trial against the new …