Movie Review: Michael
Michael Jackson was a comet. An incredible explosion of musical and performing talent, that took the world by storm in a way no one has …
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Movie Review: The Running Man (2025)
And the on paper Oscar goes to…The Running Man! I was humming with excitement at the prospect of Edgar Wright directing Glen Powell in a …
Movie Review: Dead Man’s Wire
Now this is a movie compromise! Way to go Gus Van Sant! Dead Man’s Wire takes a 2025 story and plants it in 1977. You …
Movie Review: Wicked: For Good
Oh thank Oz. I was really dreading this one. The first Wicked was a wonderful salve in a sea of sad movies last year, doing …
The BeMovieSeeMovie Oscars Battle 2024
As we approach peak “gimme the little gold man” movie season, now seems like the right time to dish out who I think should be …
Movie Review: Sing Sing
The Shawshank Redemption. The minute that 1994 masterpiece went on TNT, it became the gold standard that we would compare to all other prison movies. …
Movie Review: Drive-Away Dolls
Drive-Away Dolls is a movie of almosts. The movie was almost titled Drive-Away Dykes, which, the powers that be determined to be too cancellable to …
Movie Review: The Color Purple
It was time. Not that I didn’t enjoy Steven Spielberg’s take on Alice Walker’s celebrated novel. But with the success of the musical version of …
Movie Review: Rustin
When Barack Obama would list his favorite movies every year, I knew he had at least decent taste. That taste has proven even better than …
Movie Review: Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movie being …