The Two Popes
Reflecting back on the past decade, we have had quite a few memorable films about clerics wrestling with their faith, such as Martin Scorsese's 2016 masterpiece "Silence", Paul Schrader's "First [...]
21 Bridges
We first meet NYPD detective, Andre Davis (Chadwick Boseman), as he is investigated by Internal Affairs after having fired his weapon for the 8th time in his 10 years on [...]
Motherless Brooklyn
In New York City during the 1950s, change is happening. The divides between races among the populace is causing protest and violence to spiral out of control. The rich are [...]
Pain and Glory
Every so often do we see a great auteur do their own riff on Federico Fellini's "8 1/2", the 1963 masterpiece movie that ultimately launched the meta, film within a [...]
Zombieland: Double Tap
Zombieland, USA, 2019. 10 years have passed since we last saw our heroes Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Wichita (Emma Stone), and Little Rock (Abagail Breslin). In the time [...]
Lucky Day
As "Lucky Day" unfolds, you almost feel as if you just rented a post-Pulp Fiction 1990's spin-off movie from your local video store. Remember such titles as "Things to Do [...]
Judy
Indeed, superior to something dull like "Bohemian Rhapsody", but also nowhere near as complex as something like "La Vie En Rose", or as innovative as Todd Haynes "I'm Not [...]
First Love
Prolific (and often provocative) auteur director Takashi Miike pulls no punches, literally, with his latest film “First Love.” At the jump we see a man’s beheading- another casualty of the [...]
47 Meters Down: Uncaged
The story of 2017's "47 Meters Down" is an interesting one to say the least. Initially titled "In the Deep", the original film was set straight to the DVD bin [...]
Spider-Man: Far From Home
As the first entry in the MCU post "Avengers: Endgame", “Spider-Man: Far From Home” understandably has much to live up to. Having to pick up the pieces and continue on [...]