Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
Henry Golding is a bona-fide movie star; unquestionably. With a charisma seen only by the classic film stars of old and the sculpted physique of any macho action star of [...]
Review Round-Up 7/20
There have been a number of recent titles that managed to sneak their way past our usual schedule of reviews, so instead of leaving them untouched, we figured it would [...]
False Positive
Stand up comedian Iliana Glazer gets to showcase her dramatic chops in TV director John Lee's sophomore feature film, False Positive. A fresh cinematic face where she gets the opportunity [...]
Mainstream
Gia Coppola's sophomore follow-up Mainstream in some aspects reminds me of Sidney Lumet's 1976 masterpiece Network; both works are scathing media satires and are hyperreal in tone and approach--although Network [...]
Things Heard & Seen
After just pulling off a truly stellar Oscar-nominated performance as Marion Davies in David Fincher's Mank, Amanda Seyfried returns with a very emotionally wrenching performance as an agonizing wife confined [...]
The Courier
Based on historical events, The Courier is a well acted and polished espionage thriller that fails to raise any moral ambiguities and complexities of the Cold War other than following [...]
Coming 2 America
Now being released 33 years after the 1988 comedic gem Coming to America, this sequel Coming 2 America fails to live up to the comedic momentum and feels like a [...]
Locked Down
Timely but implausible, stylish but inconsistent, Doug Liman's "Locked Down" is a modernist narrative that's setting is during the early stages of the COVID-19 lock down, an amalgam of many [...]
Pieces of a Woman
Life partners and creative duo Kornel Mundruczo and Kata Weber, known for idiosyncratic work such as White God and Jupiter's Moon, have tapped into a highly personal story with their latest [...]
The Prom
Firmly riding the line between annoyance and infectiousness is Producer-extraordinaire Ryan Murphy's film adaptation of the Broadway musical, The Prom. Murphy, directing his first feature since his 2014 HBO film [...]