Category: Reviews
Men Movie Review: A Wild Masterpiece
Men Movie Review: A Wild Masterpiece

Nick Clement brings us his thoughts on the brand new Alex Garland feature with this Men movie review. Harper retreats to the countryside to be alone in the wake of a tragedy, but her unease at the town’s leering and…

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A Delightful & Heartfelt Twist On Fairy Tales
A Delightful & Heartfelt Twist On Fairy Tales

Home Movie Reviews The School For Good & Evil Review: A Delightful & Heartfelt Twist On Fairy Tales The film doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it's a lot of fun and has plenty of heart thanks to its leading performances…

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An Insipid, Comedic Take On ‘Romeo & Juliet’
An Insipid, Comedic Take On ‘Romeo & Juliet’

Watching “Rosaline” one can’t help but think of the Shakespeare-inspired or period-set films aimed at teens in the late-’90s, like “10 Things I Hate About You” or “Ever After” to name just a couple. They are smart, often stridently feminist…

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Ramin Bahrani’s Riveting Doc Explores Guns and Greed
Ramin Bahrani’s Riveting Doc Explores Guns and Greed

Home Movie Reviews ‘2nd Chance’ Review: Ramin Bahrani’s Riveting Doc Explores Guns, Greed, and Gimmicks There is no other documentary this year that shows a man shooting himself in the chest and then reveals the underpinnings of why with such…

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Tilda Swinton Takes a Haunting Look at the Past
Tilda Swinton Takes a Haunting Look at the Past

The Eternal Daughter was originally published as part of our 2022 Toronto International Film Festival coverage. With her last two films, The Souvenir and its sequel The Souvenir: Part II, Joanna Hogg explored Julie (played by Honor Swinton Byrne), an…

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Almost Home | Film Threat
Almost Home | Film Threat

Director/co-writer Nils Keller and co-writer Max Richert’s sci-fi short film, Almost Home, asks an earnest and relevant question. Is life worth living, even at the high risk of death? Jakob (Jeremias Meyer) has been living for years on a spaceship with…

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Elvis Mitchell’s Doc Is An Imperative Guide Through ’70s Black Cinema [NYFF]
Elvis Mitchell’s Doc Is An Imperative Guide Through ’70s Black Cinema [NYFF]

“Fuck you. I’m going to Paris,” the unflinching words spoken by screen legend Harry Belafonte, is just one of the many telling soundbites in Elvis Mitchell’s directorial debut “Is That Black Enough For You?!?” Mitchell, a film critic by trade,…

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An Effective Psychological Crime Thriller
An Effective Psychological Crime Thriller

The Stranger proves that Wright is a capable director and writer who can create a compelling piece of art that unsettles audiences. Joel Edgerton in The Stranger Netflix has yet another true crime narrative available on its platform, and once…

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A Heartbreaking True Story Told in a Stunning Drama Series
A Heartbreaking True Story Told in a Stunning Drama Series

If you grew up in the Southern US in the 90s like I did, country music giants George Jones and Tammy Wynette were likely regulars on your car radio and your parents' CD player, and you could never get "Stand…

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Robert Downey Jr. Takes a Loving Look at His Offbeat Father
Robert Downey Jr. Takes a Loving Look at His Offbeat Father

Everyone knows about Robert Downey Jr., the talented, stylish, Oscar-nominated actor whose winding career found its footing firmly in 2008 with the release of Iron Man. The success of that film would ultimately launch the Marvel Cinematic Universe that is—now…

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A Formulaic, But Inspiring Sports Doc
A Formulaic, But Inspiring Sports Doc

For a film that might initially come across as a glorified advertisement, with executive producers Dwayne Wade and LeBron James, in addition to the backing of NBA entertainment, Netflix’s “The Redeem Team” — about the 2008 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team…

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Downwind | Film Threat
Downwind | Film Threat

The United States government is no stranger to committing atrocities. They left nearly four hundred African American males untreated with syphilis (when penicillin was available) over a span of forty years in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Then there were the…

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