Review: ‘Eternals’Marvel's Most Ambitious Film Is Also Sure To Be Its Most Divisive
Despite being the undisputed juggernaut of the Hollywood landscape, the Marvel Cinematic Universe spent years being criticized for its homogenous, generic superhero movies. That...
Review: ‘Red Notice’Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, And Gal Gadot Give Their Fans What They...
Let's be honest; if you're watching Netflix's Red Notice it's for one thing. Well, three things: Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds. You can't argue...
Review: ‘Belfast’Kenneth Branagh's Joyous, Modest Slice-Of-Life Drama Will Leave You Buzzing
*NOTE: This review was previously part of our Middleburg Film Festival coverage. Belfast opens in theaters on November 12th.*
This has been another year of...
Review: ‘The Souvenir Part II’Joanna Hogg's Beautiful, Understated Look At Grief And The Creative...
I quite loved Joanna Hogg's insightful, wrenching semi-autobiographical The Souvenir, in which her cinematic younger self, played wonderfully by Honor Swinton Byrne, copes with her...
Review: ‘tick, tick…BOOM!’Lin-Manuel Miranda And Andrew Garfield's Nostalgic, Messy Celebration Of Jonathan Larson Is...
The last year has been particularly tough for the theatre community. As Broadway has been dark due to COVID, it's made especially difficult for...
Review: ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’Jason Reitman Dials Up A Worthy Sequel That Leans Hard On Nostalgia...
I'll be honest; Ghostbusters: Afterlife hasn't interested me all that much. As a kid I roared with glee at the cool Ecto-1, played Peter Venkman (because...
Review: ‘Licorice Pizza’Paul Thomas Anderson's Shaggy, Sweet, Nostalgic Tale of First Love Is The...
Paul Thomas Anderson has proven over the years to be a director with a split personality. I've always liked that about him, obviously enough...
Review: ‘King Richard’Will Smith Delivers An Ace Performance As Father To Extraordinary Tennis Champs...
*NOTE: This review was previously part of our Middleburg Film Festival coverage.*
Before Venus and Serena Williams became just Venus & Serena, you were as likely...
Review: ‘House Of Gucci’Ridley Scott's Star-Studded Fashion House Drama Has Style, Needs More Camp
What is it with Ridley Scott's recent infatuation with the wealth, greed, power, and murder of family dynasties? Is this some kind of philosophical...
Review: ‘Bruised’Halle Berry's Directorial Debut Punishes You With Heavy-Handed Melodrama And Sports Movie Cliches
There are certain movies that you root for to succeed before ever seeing a single frame. For me, Halle Berry's directorial debut, Bruised, is...