Film Review – Dan Stevens Continues to be Daring in the Thrilling Kill Switch
I’ll give actor Dan Stevens credit: after leaving the comfort of “Downton Abbey,” he’s done everything in his power to…
Film Review: Watch Band Aid and Get Caught Up in Catchy Beats and Honest Lyrics
Imagine if the couple in Once had ended up together, gotten married, and after about 10 years together, the spark…
Film Review – Beatriz at Dinner is a Provocative Examination of Deteriorating Empathy
This is a film about escalation, about small moments becoming larger ones, about pleasant conversation becoming hostile, and in a…
Film Review: Sam Elliott Excels in The Hero
Writer-director Brett Haley (along with his co-writer Marc Basch) make gentle films about a tough subject that a great many…
Film Review – The Book of Henry is Slightly Insane and Doesn’t Quite Work
More than one person has suggested that critics has their knives sharpened in anticipation of the recent release of the…
Film Review: All Eyez on Me is a Flawed 2Pac Biopic
Beginning with 2009’s Notorious (about The Notorious B.I.G.) and continuing in 2015’s Straight Outta Compton (a biopic about N.W.A), the…
A Falsely Accused Community Bank Fights Back in Steve James’ Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
I liked every documentary I’ve ever seen directed by Steve James, from his epic-length, groundbreaking Hoop Dreams to his recent…
Film Review: Family Life, Oddly Satisfying
In one of the odder but still quite satisfying films you’re likely to see this year, Family Life comes courtesy…
Film Review: Rachel Weisz is Magnetic in My Cousin Rachel
The type of obsessive love story that only makes sense as a period piece, My Cousin Rachel is the tale…
Film Review: It Comes at Night Finds Absolute Terror in the Unknown
As any connoisseur of fine horror films will tell you, what makes a scare film superior and stand up to…
TV Review: Season 5 of House of Cards is as Icy and Devious as Ever
It’s hard to believe that just over four years ago, a streaming service producing its own content was unheard of.…
Film Review: The Mummy Stumbles Before A Dark Universe of Expectations
Wait, are you telling me I re-watched Dracula Untold for nothing? I have a vague recollection of Universal attempting to…
