Review: Dreamin’ Wild Brings Music, and Dreams, of Days Gone By Back to the Surface
For reasons I’m very aware of, this one caught me off guard in the best possible way. When I was a much younger man (late teens-early 20s), I was in […]
Review: The Magician’s Elephant Boasts a Top Notch Cast, but Fails to Cast a Spell
Netflix had a banner year for animated films in 2022, including the Oscar-nominated The Sea Beast and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, which ended up with the Academy Award for Best […]
Review: Though Familiar, A Quiet Place Part II Scares and Surprises Enough To Warrant A Big Screen Experience
The justification for making A Quiet Place Part II is simple: the first film was about what brave and strong parents Lee and Evelyn Abbott (real-life married couple John Krasinski […]
Review: A Deeply Personal Exploration of Childhood Traumas in Shia LaBeouf’s Honey Boy
The premise is, admittedly, a bit strange: actor Shia LaBeouf wrote a screenplay based on his own experiences as a child actor (and later, in rehab) exploring his dysfunctional relationship […]
Review: Fast-Paced Ford v Ferrari Thrills On and Off the Track
We’ve gotten to the point where I just trust director James Mangold to get it right—whatever the subject matter of one of his films, he’ll find a way to tell […]
Dispatch: Year’s Most Anticipated Films Round out Toronto Film Festival
After six full days at a film festival where each day includes screening at least four films (and sometimes more), all the stories, characters and directing styles can start to […]