Hit Man
Maverick filmmaker Richard Linklater returns to live-action after his overlooked retro-animated Apollo 10 1/2 with Hit Man, a cleverly scripted romantic action comedy that is highly enjoyable with a charismatic [...]
Babes
One of the most refreshing things you realize about Babes is the humor and wit sprinkled with tropes of a buddy movie and cleverly crude humor on relationships, sex, and [...]
A Prince
Using a cast almost entirely comprised of non-professional actors, aside from the well-regarded French legends who provide the narration, the director, Pierre Creton, has created a work that is unlikely to find a large audience but which is worth sitting down to see.
I Saw the TV Glow
Far more surrealist and avant-garde in approach than horror, Jane Schoenbrun's sophomore feature, I Saw the TV Glow, is, for better or for worse, going to defy the audience's expectations. [...]
The Last Stop in Yuma County
Francis Galluppi’s feature directorial debut, The Last Stop in Yuma County, is a simple, yet entertaining crime thriller with purpose-driven performances and a fair amount of action as well. Galluppi, [...]
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
“Apes together strong” At the end of 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes, Caesar (Andy Serkis) had successfully gotten most of the apes under his care to a [...]
The Idea of You
What a time to be in a resurgence for genuinely sexy romance films. No, not deliberately edgy fair such as the Fifty Shades films or even worse, the Netflix 365 [...]
The Fall Guy
Advocates of the studio's long-standing appetite for films based on beloved television shows will have a strong case for The Fall Guy. An action-packed comedy that also holds romance is [...]
Jeanne du Barry
Jeanne du Barry, the new film from Maiwenn, who both directed and stars in the title role, is a bit of a stunner, just in terms of the visuals. It [...]
We Grown Now
We Grown Now is the latest independent feature by Minhai Baig, whose previous film Hala was also about youths sorting out their uncertain lives in Chicago. I enjoyed that film, [...]