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: 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: Conclave
Thanks Edward Berger! The director of the international sensation All Quiet on the Western front chose as his follow-up film one of the great movie …
Movie Review: The First Omen
The First Omen made me mad. Not at this movie, which is shockingly pretty good! No, at David Gordon Green, who’s torpedoed TWO legendary horror …
Movie Review: Benedetta
I’m glad Paul Verhoeven left the US to make more movies in Europe. Verhoeven’s grandiose over the top style, in particular when it comes to …
Movie Review: The Two Popes
The last time this happened was 1415. Pope Benedict, overseeing the Catholic Church during the period where all the abuse stories started coming to light, …
Movie Review: Spotlight
All The President’s Men set the movie standard for investigative journalism. Since that feature, there have been several decades of movies about reporters, some good, …
Movie Review: Philomena
Philomena is a strange mixture: a mystery, British comedy, and buddy road trip all rolled into one. Director Stephen Frears remains honest to the original …