Review: ‘The Croods: A New Age’An Animated Comedy Enjoyable For All Ages And Time...
After the better part of a decade, the Croods are back in The Croods: A New Age. While it may have been 7 years...
‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Episode 5 Review: “The Jedi”
Damn you, Dave Filoni! Why must this episode of The Mandalorian be so good!? I've watched it twice already and I'm not sure it'll...
Review: ‘Black Bear’Aubrey Plaza And An Actual Black Bear Highlight A Genre-Bending Mind Trip
*NOTE: This is a reprint of my review from the Sundance Film Festival.*
I don’t know if there’s been a movie more suited to Sundance’s...
‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Ep. 6 Review: “The Tragedy”
With an episode titled "The Tragedy", we knew shit was definitely about to hit the fan. I'm not sure we were prepared for this,...
Review: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’Chadwick Boseman And Viola Davis Highlight A Big, Bold, Bluesy...
It's tough to watch Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, George C. Wolfe's adaptation of the August Wilson play, without recognizing it as the final screen...
Review: ‘Another Round’Mads Mikkelsen Day Drinks His Way Through Midlife Crisis
Real-life Norwegian psychiatrist Finn Skårderud has a theory that human beings are born with a blood alcohol content level that's 0.05% too low, and...
Review: ‘Farewell Amor’An Angolan Family Is Reunited In Director Ekwa Msangi's Exemplary Immigrant Story
In our politically charged times, there’s a great deal of debate on the subject of immigration. There are those who have issues with people...
Review: ‘Promising Young Woman’Carey Mulligan Demands To Be Heard In Raging #MeToo Revenge Tale
NOTE: This is a reprint of my review from the Sundance Film Festival.*
If Emerald Fennell’s raging #MeToo era revenge film Promising Young Woman was just Carey...
Sundance Review: ‘Summer Of Soul’Questlove's Directorial Debut Is A Mixtape Tribute To Black Pride...
It's almost unfathomable that something as truly, viscerally alive as the Harlem Cultural Festival could be locked, buried in a basement, for more than...
Sundance Review: ‘On The Count Of Three’Jerrod Carmichael And Christopher Abbott Lead An Unexpectedly...
Remember The Jerrod Carmichael Show? The stand-up comedian was always an odd fit for a traditional sitcom. His humor lends itself to rather dark...