Dark Waters
Often message movies about environmental issues can become heavy-handed, yet "Dark Waters", the eighth feature film by acclaimed director Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven, Carol) unravels itself in a sophisticated [...]
Queen & Slim
The 2010's have been an astonishing decade for bold, diverse storytellers. Emerging filmmakers such as Barry Jenkins, Ava Duvernay, Jordan Peele and Steve McQueen all making their own dent in [...]
Frozen II
Six years ago, Disney released Frozen, a new take on the classic fairy tale “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Anderson. While there was no doubt that it was going [...]
Knives Out
by Ben Rothrock The Thrombey family is about as dysfunctional as the term gets. Headed by successful mystery author Harlan (Christopher Plummer), his children and grandchildren do nothing but leech [...]
Ford v Ferrari
Making quite the switch in gears from his critical and financial game-changer, 2017’s “Logan”, Director James Mangold has now decided to tackle an inspiring, true American story. Set in 1966, [...]
Dolemite Is My Name
Based on the life of Blaxploitation actor, comedian, and pioneering independent movie producer Rudy Ray Moore, Director Craig Brewer's (Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan) latest film "Dolemite Is My [...]
Terminator: Dark Fate
"Terminator" sequels have largely not had the best reputation. Since 1991's "T2: Judgement Day", every installment in the decaying franchise has either flopped at the box office or been met [...]
3 From Hell
It’s been nearly 15 years since the release of “The Devil’s Rejects”, the unlikely sequel to writer/director Rob Zombie’s first feature, “House of 1,000 Corpses”. “Rejects”, a film that polarized [...]
Good Boys
For as long as the genre has existed, comedies have attempted to test the limits of what can be shown on screen. Sure, their main goal is to make us [...]
The Angry Birds Movie 2
by Ben Rothrock Now that superhero movies are no longer the bottom barrel genre of the film industry, one genre still holds that title: video game movies. This is still [...]