Review: Jon Hamm Leans Into Comedy for Confess, Fletch, a Funny, Charming Take on the Classic Character
The world has been threatening to make a new Fletch movie (based on the comical mystery novels by Gregory McDonald)…
Review: Contradictions, Obsessions and Ethan Hawke’s Commitment to Character Illuminate Tesla
Shortly after the thud made by last year’s long-delayed The Current War, we get a much stronger and more nuanced…
Review: Capone Chronicles the Final Messy Year of Chicago’s Most Infamous Gangster
Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, I used to have a day job that required me to travel to…
Review: Coming Of Age with Resilience in Giant Little Ones
In this unexpectedly satisfying sophomore work from writer/director Keith Behrman (2002’s Flowers & Garnet), Giant Little Ones is the story…
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…
Review: A Few Scares, a Few Fart Jokes Make for an Uneven House With a Clock in Its Walls
The House With a Clock in Its Walls is a very bad title for a movie. The unfortunate tagline—”This house knows…
