Category: Reviews
Anne Hathaway, Peter Dinklage Show Incredible Range
Anne Hathaway, Peter Dinklage Show Incredible Range

Home Movie Reviews 'She Came to Me' Review: Anne Hathaway & Peter Dinklage Excel in Film of Doubts and Regrets | Berlinale 2023 With a tight script, brilliant performances, and a unique cast of characters, ‘She Came to Me’ is…

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Allen-Miller’s Vibrant Debut Boasts Captivating Cast [Sundance]
Allen-Miller’s Vibrant Debut Boasts Captivating Cast [Sundance]

Home Movie Reviews Rye Lane Review: Allen-Miller’s Vibrant Debut Boasts Captivating Cast [Sundance] Within its levity and commentary on being open to love again, Rye Lane delivers a compelling experience full of heart, humor, and joy. David Jonsson and Vivian…

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Dystopian Animated Feature from Hungary Imagines a Future Where Our Bodies No Longer Belong To Us [Berlin]
Dystopian Animated Feature from Hungary Imagines a Future Where Our Bodies No Longer Belong To Us [Berlin]

Fifty years ago, the sci-fi thriller “Soylent Green” warned viewers of a distant future—the year 2022—where environmental catastrophe and over-population would cause such dire resource scarcity that the bodies of those who ended their lives voluntarily and with the government’s…

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Goran Stolveski’s Film Is Best When It Embraces Intimacy
Goran Stolveski’s Film Is Best When It Embraces Intimacy

Home Movie Reviews ‘Of an Age’ Review: Goran Stolevski’s Portrait of Passion Is Best When It Embraces Intimacy The second film from the filmmaker behind 'You Won’t Be Alone' is a loving look at connection that mostly transcends its self-imposed…

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Emma Mackey Glows in Love Letter to Emily Brontë
Emma Mackey Glows in Love Letter to Emily Brontë

There’s a very good chance that you’ve crossed paths with the literary legends that are the Brontë sisters at some point during your academic career. Their work is synonymous with required reading lists and by default, might also be synonymous…

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Welcome to Kittytown | Film Threat
Welcome to Kittytown | Film Threat

An acting showcase for co-writers Darren Zimmer and Robert Bryn Mann, Welcome to Kittytown is a demented, diseased, post-apocalyptic buddy comedy. And I’m here to tell y’all I loved every friggin’ minute of it. This low-budget road comedy, ably directed by Doug…

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Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei & Anne Hathaway Shine, But Rebecca Miller’s Latest Is Otherwise Lukewarm [Berlin]
Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei & Anne Hathaway Shine, But Rebecca Miller’s Latest Is Otherwise Lukewarm [Berlin]

The last time actor Peter Dinklage and musician Bryce Dessner were involved in the same project, we got “Cyrano,” Joe Wright’s beautifully moving (if underappreciated) adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s classic play “Cyrano de Bergerac.” Less than two years later, Dinklage…

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Celine Song’s Debut Is Soulful, Tender, Devastating [Sundance]
Celine Song’s Debut Is Soulful, Tender, Devastating [Sundance]

Home Movie Reviews Past Lives Review: Celine Song's Debut Is Soulful, Tender, Devastating [Sundance] The story is simple, but there is beauty in its layers, its performances & the heart-wrenching & deeply moving connection between its characters. Greta Lee and…

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Billy Crudup Makes A Strong Sales Pitch, But Apple TV+’s Retro-Future Series Doesn’t Reach the Stars
Billy Crudup Makes A Strong Sales Pitch, But Apple TV+’s Retro-Future Series Doesn’t Reach the Stars

“You want the moon? Just say the word, and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down,” is one of the most romantic declarations in movie history. James Stewart‘s George Bailey from “It’s A Wonderful Life” is far…

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Adam Scott Show Hasn’t Stopped Having Fun Yet
Adam Scott Show Hasn’t Stopped Having Fun Yet

It seemed like only a matter of time until Party Down returned. Canceled after two seasons in 2010, fans were clamoring for the show’s return almost immediately, and with other fan-favorite shows like Arrested Development, Gilmore Girls, and Veronica Mars—among…

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“NARVIK” (2023): Heroic Norwegian beat back of Nazi invaders
“NARVIK” (2023): Heroic Norwegian beat back of Nazi invaders

It is April 1940. The eyes of the world turn to Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, the source of the iron ore needed for Nazi Germany’s war machinery. Following two months of fierce winter warfare, Hitler suffers his first defeat.[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXUPmKR2Lz8[/embed]“NARVIK” (2023): Heroic Norwegian beat back of…

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ReBroken | Film Threat
ReBroken | Film Threat

Losing a loved one is never easy. It’s probably the only moment where the physical and the spiritual somehow make a fleeting connection. The emotional, psychological, and spiritual aspects of loss find their intersection in director Kenny Yates’ thriller, ReBroken, written…

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