Movie Review: The Mission
Anyone who’s grown up religious can relate to John Allen Chau. Inquisitive and completely sure of his purpose, John set out on his big life’s …
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Movie Review: The Starling Girl
The Starling Girl firmly plants its flag in Karl Marx’s view of religion. An opiate of the masses, fundamentalist religious beliefs in conservative communities are …
Movie Review: Holy Spider
I cannnot believe America has tried to adapt the premise of Holy Spider yet. With streamers’ obsessions with true crime today, this true life serial …
Movie Review: Women Talking
It’s unfair She Said and Women Talking have to be out within a month of each other. The movies are going to be confused for …
Movie Review: The Wonder
How do legends start? And maybe more importantly, why do they start? The Wonder tackles those big questions, sending Florence Pugh to rural Ireland to …
Movie Review: Benedetta
I’m glad Paul Verhoeven left the US to make more movies in Europe. Verhoeven’s grandiose over the top style, in particular when it comes to …
Movie Review: Philomena
Philomena is a strange mixture: a mystery, British comedy, and buddy road trip all rolled into one. Director Stephen Frears remains honest to the original …
Movie Review: Life of Pi
What audiences were waiting for: the cross between Cast Away, Contact, and Titanic. Life of Pi is a tremendous motion picture. It is equal parts …
Movie Review: The Master
Director Paul Thomas Anderson has crafted some of the most interesting movies of the past generation: Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, and Punch …