Review: Netflix’s The Sea Beast Anchors a Family Friendly Story in Eye-Catching Animation and Exciting Action
In a time when the new Minions movie is dominating the box office with Top Gun-like astronomical numbers, Netflix gives…
Review: A Madcap Noël Coward Play Gets a Problematic, Loveless Adaptation in Latest Blithe Spirit
Although it has been a while since I’ve revisited the 1945 David Lean adaptation of Noël Coward’s play Blithe Spirit,…
Interview: The Rental‘s Sheila Vand on Working with Dave Franco, the Randomness of Violence and Drive-In Movie Premieres
Actress Sheila Vand is like a secret weapon in every movie she appears in. When the second generation Iranian-American, born…
Review: The Rental Delivers a Few Creepy Scares from an Oceanfront Getaway
Two horror movies arrive to watch this week, and both of them feel as though they’re aiming for something grander…
Review: In Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, the Music’s a Hit; The Jokes, Less So
How do you make a film about two passionate Icelandic would-be musicians who succeed in becoming their country’s representative on…
Review: Latest Adaptation of The Call of the Wild Creates Real Connection with Motion-Capture Dog
At this point, any critic whose main complaint about this latest adaptation of Jack London’s novel The Call of the…
Review: Lucy in the Sky‘s Glimpse of a Unique Psychology Over-Fictionalizes Real Life Events
Inspired by the 2007 events when astronaut Lisa Nowak drove nearly 1,000 miles to attack a rival for another astronaut’s…
Review: Elisabeth Moss at the Center of a Tornado in Her Smell
Of the recent trend in female-driven fictional music-centric movies, writer/director Alex Ross Perry’s Her Smell, starring Elisabeth Moss as the…
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: Colossal, A Smart and Wildly Imaginative Giant Monster Movie
I love the way the mind of writer-director Nacho Vigalondo works. He selects a genre that he clearly loves and…
