Movie Review: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Looks like Keanu Reeves has grown from his past mistakes. Like The Matrix, John Wick burst onto the scene, and built a mythology around its …
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Movie Review: Someone Great
Someone Great is the surprise of the year so far for me. Fascinating, compelling, and fun, this story of a night in New York City …
Movie Review: Greta
Isabelle Huppert is one of those great French actresses who just never made a name for herself in the United States outside of the arts …
Movie Review: Isn’t It Romantic
Let me start by saying Isn’t It Romantic is pretty harmlessly fun. Rebel Wilson’s send up of the 1990s romcom has some really fun parts …
Movie Review: The Upside
I was very excited to watch The Upside. For years, I had watched American films that were remakes of overseas dramas and comedies, but this …
Movie Review: If Beale Street Could Talk
Sometimes directors adapting specific writers make so much sense you wish they’d team up more. Michael Lewis’s The Big Short could only have been properly …
Movie Review: Green Book
The green book was a book written to “help” tourists of African-American persuasion navigate the deep south during the Civil Rights Era, a microcosm of …
Movie Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Melissa McCarthy has had her claim as the “It” girl of the comedy world, taking it by force of her amazing personality after Bridesmaids. Even …
Movie Review: The Kindergarten Teacher
The Gyllenhaal siblings have been giving iffy projects credibility since Donnie Darko. Jake got his big breakout movie showcase with Nightcrawler. Now it’s Maggie’s turn. …
Movie Review: Private Life
Movies about first world problems are always tough to review. It’s clear to the filmmaker that the trials and tribulations their characters went through are …