Movie Review: The Bride!
I was very excited to see where Maggie Gyllenhaal was going to go after The Lost Daughter. Movie IP wasn’t exactly what I had in …
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Movie Review: The Mastermind
I was hyped up for this latest Kelly Reichardt movie. By that, I mean I bought a small popcorn instead of a kids popcorn. The …
Movie Review: Materialists
A couple years ago, I deleted all my dating apps. Once I learned that the top 10% “good looking” people (definitively NOT me) were getting …
Movie Review: September 5
My parents were glued to the screen. I definitely saw the footage and the Spielberg movie around the event. The 1972 Olympic massacre is one …
Movie Review: Past Lives
Moviemakers are pretty great at making great romances, but usually out of period pieces. Something about the pre-cell phone era puts nice little simple boundary …
Movie Review: Showing Up
The Sight and Sound movie poll releases every decade, where a bunch of filmmakers and critics vote on what the best movie of all time …
Movie Review: Call Jane
Who is Jane? We all should be. The Jane Collective was a group that ran out of Chicago from 1969 to 1973, helping women who …
Movie Review: The Many Saints of Newark
Intellectual Property. IP. That loaded term means a lot of things when it’s attached to a story. Movie producers see those dollar signs increase if …
Movie Review: First Cow
The explorer movie is always wrought with peril everywhere in search of opportunity. I mean, Leo DiCaprio was mauled by a bear! Kelly Reichart’s First …
Movie Review: Overlord
I never thought about it, but Saving Private Ryan would have been scarier if zombies were involved. Overlord successfully merges a zombie movie with a …