Movie Review: Bird
Andrea Arnold and Sean Baker are part of the director coin flip. If you’re lucky and land heads, you’re Sean Baker, raised around the poor …
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Movie Review: Speak No Evil (2024)
American remakes of European films are always tricky propositions, especially horror/thrillers. European films are not afraid to go to bleak, dark endings, following through on …
Movie Review: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Anytime the UK decides to declassify military files, I hope they just hand them right to Guy Ritchie. The master of manly charming British men …
Movie Review: Wicked Little Letters
I had Wicked Little Letters pegged as the grandma movie of the year. I mean, come on: British people up in arms about someone writing …
Movie Review: Polite Society
Cultural melting pots are amazing. Yes the differences between various cultures can lead to violence and tension. But exposure not only makes everything in the …
Movie Review: Living
In general, I would NOT recommend trying to adapt an Akira Kurosawa movie. I mean, why try to make a movie better than one of …
Movie Review: Matilda the Musical
I’m having a hard time being objective about this one. The 1996 Matilda, other than maybe the OG Willy Wonka, is the perfect Roald Dahl …
Movie Review: Empire of Light
Every director has to go back to their past apparently. Empire of Light is another one I wish didn’t Sam Mendes, I love a lot …
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: Downton Abbey: A New Era
Let’s the keep the party going right? After a Community jealous 6 seasons and a movie, Downton Abbey gets the gang back together in a …