We live in a world where Hollywood can’t seem to figure out why people aren’t going to the movie theaters anymore. Maybe the problem lies in the fact that Hollywood is continuously pumping out nauseating...
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The least one can say is that mass media loved Poor Things. Nearly every news article gushed over it while award ceremonies threw all their trophies at it, including...
The American Society of Magical Negroes ***
Writer/director Kobi Libii concocts the kind of satirical premise that easily could have tipped over into pedantic self-importance, but emerges with a deft...
One of the greatest works of criticism about the Coen brothers comes from Screentakes’s Jennine Lanouette in her review of “Inside Llewyn Davis.”
The 2013 drama is arguably one of Joel and Ethan...
Love often blooms between damaged souls, but in “Love Lies Bleeding” there’s another element in play.
Iron. The story of a female bodybuilder falling for the daughter of a small-town thug feels...
Set in 1945, Godzilla Minus One is about a kamakazi pilot who’s too afraid to actually do the deed. Instead he fakes technical issues with the plane in order to land and avoid his fate. However, the...
If you’re a fan of pro wrestling, then you know all about the Von Erich family, the pro wrestling dynasty that rose to fame in the 1980s and had a tragic — and I do mean tragic — fall. While far...
Silent Night is a movie where the main protagonist (Joel Kinnaman) doesn’t say a single line of dialogue throughout the entirety of its runtime. Interestingly, Nicolas Cage, Kinnaman’s co-star in Sympathy...
For the last several years, Lucasfilm has attempted to make Daisy Ridley a mainstream Hollywood icon and a role model for young girls to look up to, by booking her to be the female face of Disney’s Star...
Dune: Part Two ***1/2
See feature review. Available March 1 in theaters. (PG-13)
Spaceman **
It’s kind of a bad sign when you’re watching what is supposed to be an earnest drama, and all you...
"Dramatic, but Complex, Tale of Power, Love and Justice"
Content: -1 Caution advised for older children, including teenagers, and sensitive adults.
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"Partly Uplifting, Partly Confusing"
Content: -2 Extreme caution for older teenagers and adults.
What You Need To Know:SPACEMAN is a...
Drone warfare changed how America goes to war and, to an extent, the way filmmakers bring combat scenes to life.
The bravura 2015 film “Eye in the Sky” explored the morality of pushing buttons to...
Barry Keoghan is an Irish actor mostly known for his roles in the Marvel movie Eternals and the Netflix series Top Boy. More recently, he starred in Saltburn, a movie that can only be described as a bloody...
Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs” inspired a flood of flashy copy-cats.
His imitators aped his blend of hot action and cool banter. Suffice it to say few could come close to the real deal.
That’s...
Our blockbuster drought is over, thanks to a brilliant sequel set on a sweltering desert planet. That’s “Dune: Part Two,” the captivating and complex followup to director Denis Villeneuve’s grand...
The story behind “Ordinary Angels” is almost too perfect for a major motion picture.
A woman attempting to rebuild a life stained by alcoholism rallies a community to save a girl’s life, battling...
"Great Insights into Spiritual Blessings"
Content: +1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)
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How many unique comic characters do we see these days?
Think Austin Powers, Capt. Jack Sparrow and Derek Zoolander. These larger-than-life types are played by actors who never step out of character for...
One of the biggest problems with “Maestro” is that it isn’t political enough.
In trying to dramatize the life of Leonard Bernstein, director/star Bradley Cooper has been not so much dishonest as...
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