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 [...]
Pig
Newcomer Michael Sarnoski's modern "revenge" saga, Pig, plays with the notion of a protagonist who's a reclusive outsider who goes back to the outside world once his truffle pig is [...]
Black Widow
The long-awaited solo outing for Natasha Romanoff AKA Black Widow has hit a few speed bumps along its way to release, as has most tentpole films over the past 16 [...]
No Sudden Move
Prolific auteur Steven Soderbergh always takes great liberties stylistically and visually, no matter what film he's crafting, or what genre he dives into. His latest film to hit HBO Max, [...]
Luca
The latest from Pixar, and unfortunately the second in a row to forgo a theatrical release as a Disney+ exclusive, Luca, is a slight, but heart-warming tale set in the [...]
In the Heights
In the Heights, the screen version of the highly successful Broadway musical written by Quira Alegria Hudes and Lin-Manuel Mirananda, is a very energetic film musical that should please audiences [...]
Undine
A uniquely layered, and often murky German love story with strong political subtext about the troubled history between the cities of East and West Berlin, Undine is the recent film [...]
Port Authority
It's quite liberating and remarkable how in the last few years or so, transgender representation in cinema, television, and other forms of media is beginning to get true representation in [...]
A Quiet Place Part 2
The 2018 smash hit, A Quiet Place, was the kind of success no one saw coming. A fairly low budget genre film starring one of the Hollywood's most treasured "it [...]
Riders of Justice
Structured as an action thriller, Riders of Justice, Anders Thomas-Jensen latest Danish contribution to the crime thriller, is an entertaining character-driven story that offers some characterization and sophisticated themes with [...]