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Bullying is an issue that affects people everywhere. In terms of films and TV, it’s mostly depicted in schools with kids, even though it does exist pretty much everywhere. For [...]
Rocketman
It’s hard not to compare “Rocketman" to the most recent music biopic of an acclaimed rock legend in last year’s Oscar-winning, mega-hit "Bohemian Rhapsody". Not only because they cover similar [...]
The Souvenir
An extraordinary and deeply personal exploration on deep memories and experiences, British writer-director Joanna Hogg's fourth feature film, "The Souvenir" is an astonishing origin story that is deeply auto-biographical, and [...]
Non-Fiction
Greatly influenced by the works of Erik Rohmer that also plays out like an excellent Woody Allen comedy like "Husbands and Wives", French auteur Olivier Assayas has crafted a sharply [...]
Under the Silver Lake
I really wanted to rate "Under the Silver Lake" a higher rating, in fact there is a lot to love about the film. It is technically marvelous, aesthetically rich, beautifully [...]
Booksmart
Every few years, a teen comedy comes around that makes an impression on its core audience. Going as far back as 1978’s "Animal House", to “The Breakfast Club”, “Clueless” [...]
Brightburn
Most superhero movies are based on comic books, we’re pretty familiar with that. The characters with fully established fan bases are the films that are guaranteed to make the most [...]
Aladdin
As Disney continues to remake every last one of their classic animated films, they are starting to dig into the films of the last Disney Renaissance. Many of their classics [...]
Michigan Short Film Round-Up (May 2019 Edition)
Short films just as feature films invoke emotions. Sadly there isn't much of a market for short films since there are so many of them, and people prefer to not [...]
Her Smell
Nauseating by design and visceral in experience, with a running time that is about 30 minutes over-long, "Her Smell", the sixth feature from indie film writer-director Alex Ross Perry (Queen of [...]