Movie Review: A Quiet Place: Day One
And we’re back. It’s time to nut up or shut up, as Jesse Eisenberg once said facing his zombie clown fears. Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph …
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Movie Review: Robot Dreams
Sometimes words get in the way of a great story. Robots and dogs don’t use a lot of words to communicate what they’re feeling to …
Movie Review: Problemista
Saturday Night Live has its share of strange presences over the years: Andy Kaufman, Jack Handey, Robert Smigel, all left their mark with their strange, …
Movie Review: Cabrini
The last few decades have certainly given credence to the Karl Marx philosophy of religion being the opiate of the masses. Gigantic bureaucracies can lead …
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: You Hurt My Feelings
Movie studios, sometimes you can hurt my feelings. Spending all that money on big special effects, humungous movie stars, and sales pitches is nice. But …
Movie Review: Somewhere in Queens
We’ve seen Ray Romano do this before on TV for several seasons. What we didn’t know is how adept he really is as a screenwriter. …
Movie Review: A Thousand And One
James Baldwin could have written something like this. A Thousand And One at its best plays like a beautiful poem, celebrating parents everywhere for all …
Movie Review: Scream VI
Man the Scream franchise found the perfect corner. The movies can come and go as they please, built for commenting on the current state of …
Movie Review: Armageddon Time
Make something personal. That’s the advice given to EVERY moviemaker on the planet. Well, James Gray, I hope you go back to space, or the …