Review: Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’, A Breezy And Violent Tinseltown...
I want to live in the idyllic 1969 that Quentin Tarantino glorifies in his stylish and surprisingly personal Once Upon a Time in Hollywood....
Review: ‘The Art of Self-Defense’, A Dark Comedy That Packs A Punch
The Art of Self-Defense follows Casey (Jesse
Eisenberg), a mid-30s accountant that is just trying to keep to himself, not
bothering a soul. He floats through...
Review: ‘Midsommar,’ Always Check Reviews Before Traveling
Following the success of last year’s Hereditary (which
I also reviewed, and you can find here in case you missed it) Ari Aster has taken a...
Review: ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3: The Kids Celebrate the Summer And Fight Monsters Once...
“The best things come to those who wait.”
That couldn’t be better said with the third season of Netflix’s Stranger Things. It feels like it’s...
Review: ‘Shaft’, It’s His Duty To Please Our…
After almost two decades, Shaft is back! Man, do I
wish Samuel L. Jackson decided to throw the iconic Shaft black turtleneck
on sooner and not...
Review: ‘Charlie Says’, Peace, Love, And Murder In A Middling Manson Family Drama
Charles Manson and the Manson family left a path of carnage
and destruction in their wake during the late '60s and early '70s. Many members
of...
Review: ‘Alita: Battle Angel’, James Cameron’s Manga Adaptation Kicks Robo-Butt
Finally, a live-action manga adaptation we can all get excited over. Alita: Battle Angel has been in the works for a long time, once...
Sundance Review: ‘The Report’, Adam Driver Investigates CIA Torture In Riveting Political Drama
There's a great scene in Scott Z. Burns' The Report when a TV news item airs proclaiming to tell the full story about the capture...
Sundance Review: ‘Honey Boy’, Shia LaBeouf Gets Serious In Exploring His Troubled Past
Trust me, I understand if the idea of Shia LaBeouf making a movie about his own troubled childhood reeks of some woe-is-me bullshit, an...
Review: ‘Assassination Nation’ Is #MeToo And #TimesUp Meets ‘The Purge’
NOTE: This is a reprint of my review from the Sundance Film Festival.
Imagine the Salem Witch Trials in the age of social media. How...