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 …
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Movie Review: Nyad
I honestly am shocked. I thought Netflix made the best possible movie about aquatics with The Swimmers last year. Turns out, Annette Benning and Jodie …
Movie Review: Radical
Every generation needs one of these. The 1980s didn’t start this movement, but it did master it with classics like Stand & Deliver and Dead …
Movie Review: The Marvels
We’re in dark days for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A few years of post Endgame mediocre movies, The Spider-Verse, and Barbenheimer have started to push …
Movie Review: Common Ground
I could talk about food all day. I spent the last week or so discussing Halloween candy strategies with all sorts of friends and family …
Movie Review: The Burial
There was a pre MCU time John Grisham ruled the movie world. Grisham’s books were legal dramas, usually adapted into movies built around an incredible …
Movie Review: The Holdovers
Alexander Payne has never really been one of my favorite directors. I never thought I’d understand the praise they heap on him for films like …
Movie Review: Priscilla
For a long time Elvis Presley has this air of invincibility and perfection around him, fueled by nostalgia from the baby boomers, with a strong …
Movie Review: Pain Hustlers
The less you know about Pain Hustlers, the better. If you go into this movie with no expectations and just turn off your brain, it’s …
Movie Review: The Persian Version
If life were fair, The Persian Version would become the new My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Filled with delightful cultural specificity and multiple wonderful stories, …