I enter every film based on anything other than an original screenplay the same way: I’m of a firm belief that you shouldn’t have to have had any exposure to the source […]
Film Review: Assassin’s Creed, Unwatchable
Steve Prokopy
Film Review: Sing, Meh
I’ve had many people ask me about this film (perhaps because it’s one of the few holiday releasees suitable for the entire family), and they’ve referred to it as “that one about […]
Film Review: Long Way North: A Beautifully Subtle Animated Story
One of the better purely hand-drawn animated films of 2016, Long Way North tells the tale of Sasha (voiced by Christa Théret), a Russian teenager circa 1882, whose grandfather was a renowned […]
Film Review: Collateral Beauty, Gross and Ill Conceived
Sometimes a movie is bad just because it’s bad, and sometimes it’s bad because it wants so passionately to be good that it chokes on its noble intentions. The last time I […]
Film Review: La La Land, A Modern and Nuanced Take on the Classic Hollywood Musical
Despite what you may have been led to believe, writer-director Damien (Whiplash) Chazelle’s La La Land is not some type of homage to the Hollywood musicals of old. It only starts out […]
Film Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, A Thrilling Ride
I’ve had a lot of people ask me variations on “How can there be any suspense within Rogue One if we already know how it ends?” But it became evident in the […]
Film Review: Kate Plays Christine, Delicate as it is Tough
Just a few weeks ago, we were fortunate enough to get the brief release of director Antonio Campos film Christine, about Florida newscaster Christine Chubbuck, who killed herself on the air in […]
Film Review: Office Christmas Party, Sharp as a Marble
Is it childish, with adult humans acting like drunken, out-of-control teenagers? Naturally. Are the jokes cheap and tawdry? Oh, you know it. Is there destruction of property and perhaps even a few […]
Film Review: Miss Sloane, A Captivating Look at the Moral Ambiguity of Washington D.C.
Thanks to a handful of unexpected casting choices among the supporting cast and an impressive turn by lead actor Jessica Chastain, the battle of the lobbyists tale Miss Sloane is a far […]
Film Review: Jackie, A Portrait of Strength and Courage
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy existed in a nearly impossible situation even before her husband was assassinated in November 1963. She was a fairly private person who believed that the White House belonged […]
This Week in Art House Cinema: Always Shine, Man Down, and more
Always Shine The name Sophia Takal may not be familiar to many, but for those following ultra-low-budget indie works (such as Joe Swanberg’s 24 Exposures and All the Light in the […]
Special Screening Tonight: The Last Laugh Questions How Far Is Too Far
Every few months, it seems, a brief but noticeable rumbling sounds after a comedian “goes too far” on some topic in their SNL opening monolog or latest stand-up special. The Last Laugh, […]
