Category: Reviews
Vicky Krieps Gives The Middle Finger To Biopic Conventions
Vicky Krieps Gives The Middle Finger To Biopic Conventions

Home Movie Reviews Corsage Review: Vicky Krieps Gives The Middle Finger To Biopic Conventions Corsage is carried by Vicky Krieps' brilliant performance and its willingness to buck genre conventions in favor of a dark and dreamy fairy tale.  Vicky Krieps as…

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Ashton Kutcher, Reese Witherspoon Don’t Connect
Ashton Kutcher, Reese Witherspoon Don’t Connect

If Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers movies are the standards for our romantic comedy joys, the last few years have proven that genre writers need to desperately step up their game. As studios try their hardest to revive the rom-com…

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Alison Brie Gets Vulnerable in Romance
Alison Brie Gets Vulnerable in Romance

If there is one thing that is certain in life, it’s that life is filled with uncertainty. And because of this uncertainty, it’s almost impossible not to ask yourself, “what if?” occasionally. What if I followed my heart? What if…

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A Stylish, Young Black Love Story Loses The Plot [Sundance]
A Stylish, Young Black Love Story Loses The Plot [Sundance]

Brendon (Algee Smith) isn’t a bad kid. An aspiring artist living in Los Angeles, in his last month of high school, the pressures of his daily life, however, are beginning to overwhelm him. His mother, Janice (Sanaa Lathan), is not…

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Twice Colonized | Film Threat
Twice Colonized | Film Threat

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Danish director Lin Alluna’s first documentary, Twice Colonized, presents the compelling life of Aaju Peter, an Inuk attorney for the Greenland Inuit people. She was born in 1960 in Greenland, then was whisked away to Denmark…

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A Claustrophobic Look at the Horrors of Disconnecting
A Claustrophobic Look at the Horrors of Disconnecting

At first glance, Daughter looks like the latest addition in a long line of horror movies with a woman kidnapped and locked away in a confined space by a deranged man (10 Cloverfield Lane, Pet, Fresh). However, while that’s a…

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Donowho’s Standard American Western Has Heart & Humor
Donowho’s Standard American Western Has Heart & Humor

Home Movie Reviews The Old Way Review: Donowho’s Standard American Western Has Heart & Humor Brett Donowho’s western tale follows a typical formula, but there are plenty of laughs and smiles to be had throughout this familiar story. Ryan Kiera…

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Pathaan (2023): “The King” Returns With A Masterpiece!
Pathaan (2023): “The King” Returns With A Masterpiece!

Many films which were released by the Bollywood production house Yash Raj Films have flopped in the last few years. People had already started thinking that the era of Yash Raj Films is over. The chairman of Yash Raj Films,…

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It’s Not Bro Time, It’s Showtime
It’s Not Bro Time, It’s Showtime

Part of the beauty of the Magic Mike franchise—beyond the absurdly good-looking, ripped men grinding and dancing in a way that normal humans could never possibly do—is the malleability of the series to shift and change depending on the installment.…

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Franz Rogowski, Adèle Exarchopoulos Star In An Irresistible Love Triangle [Sundance]
Franz Rogowski, Adèle Exarchopoulos Star In An Irresistible Love Triangle [Sundance]

Ira Sachs prefers relationships of the doomed variety — tempestuous passions torn asunder, sometimes by external forces like capitalism, which complicated the search for a home through New York’s cutthroat real estate market in “Love Is Strange” and “Little Men.” His latest film — the…

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The Dogmatics: A Dogumentary | Film Threat
The Dogmatics: A Dogumentary | Film Threat

Director Rudy Childs’ documentary The Dogmatics: A Dogumentary delivers the way-inside scoop on 1980s Boston punkabilly garage band The Dogmatics. The film’s website sums up the band neatly: “…no different than any other talentless, self-deprecating, beer-swilling, girl-chasing lunkheads with guitars.” Eventually, the…

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'You' Season 4 Review: Joe Goldberg's Risky Reinvention Pays Off
'You' Season 4 Review: Joe Goldberg's Risky Reinvention Pays Off

Hello, You. It's been far too long. Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley), resident serial killer with a penchant for baseball caps and pretentious literature, is back for the newest season of You – but this time, he’s got a new name,…

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