Review: Junk Science and a Pinch of Absurdity Make Happy Death Day 2U A Killer Sequel
It only took the good folks at Blumhouse a year and four months (to the day) to release the sequel to the surprise comedy-horror hit Happy Death Day, which is […]
Review: Little to Fall In Love With in Isn’t It Romantic
Somehow, it seems fitting that in a time when meta is the new normal, a film that attempts to deconstruct and examine the elements of the romantic-comedy genre is this […]
Interview: French Actress Judith Godréche on Moving to America, Producing, and What’s Next in #MeToo
Since the mid-1980s, Paris-born actress Judith Godréche has been acting primarily in French-language works, including Ridicule, L’auberge espagnole, Potiche, and as part of the all-star cast of 1998’s The Man […]
Interview: Taraji P. Henson on Comedy, Keeping Busy and Being Ahead of the Curve
I first met Taraji P. Henson a little more than 10 years ago when she was promoting one of the most important roles of her career, that of Queenie in […]
Review: Rendezvous In Chicago Is a Blurry Snapshot of Love in the Windy City
Rendezvous in Chicago, the new film by Chicago-based filmmaker Michael Glover Smith, promises to be a set of comedic vignettes about love and life in the Windy City, but it […]
Review: Mads Mikkelsen Faces a Test of Endurance in Arctic
When Danish acting powerhouse Mads Mikkelsen showed up for an extended cameo in last year’s Van Gogh biopic At Eternity’s Gate as a priest providing comfort and advice to the […]
Review: A Variety of Styles, Emotions in Animated Short Film Oscar Nominees
As good or bad as you may believe the state of movies and the movie-going experience may be, I thank my lucky stars every year around this time that someone […]
Review: Harrowing, Heartfelt Stories in the Short Docs Up for Oscar
If you’re looking for a pick-me-up at the movies this weekend, checking out the Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Films may not be the way to go. A powerful, haunting slate […]
Review: Diverse Slate of Live-Action Short Films Vie for Oscar
Sometimes, the makers of live-action short films use the strength of their storytelling skills in abbreviated form to land a job on their first feature length films—as either a director […]
Review: A Cautionary Tale in Soderbergh’s Propulsive, Kinetic High Flying Bird
One of the week’s most unexpected treats can be found via Netflix—it’s the second film directed by Steven Soderbergh using only an iPhone as his camera (as he did with […]
Review: A Bigger Cast, A Bit Less Heart in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
One of the most enjoyable aspects of 2014’s The Lego Movie was the big mystery behind what it was that was creating and manipulating the characters and situations. The reveal […]
Review: Taraji P. Henson Deserves Better Than Tone-Deaf What Men Want
There’s a fundamental flaw in What Men Want, the gender-reversed remake of the 2000 hit What Women Want. That film starred Mel Gibson as a chauvinistic advertising exec who, after some […]