Cinemas Need You Now More Than Ever
What are we to do when the place where films are born ceases to be? A film can be made by people, but it merely gestates in the ether until it is released into the world and exists as it is in the only right p...
Onward Review – A Perfectly Mindless Fantasy for These Dangerous Days
Life sucks. Everything I write might as well start like that
from now until… whenever this current state of the world ends. I spent my last
week of social opportunity having a good final cinema day for who kno...
Bloodshot Review – A Competently Made Slice of Blandness
What does Vin Diesel do between Fast & Furious movies?
Anything he wants it seems. From hunting witches, being the best secret agent
and extreme sports star in the world, an alien bounty hunter or somethin...
Dark Waters Review – A Mere Theatrical Presentation of a Wikipedia Article
It is highly likely you have the
poisonous chemical PFOA, used in the production of Teflon, in your system.
99% of people in the US have it.
This is a fact shown in Dark Waters, the film based on the t...
For Sama Review – A Challenging and Utterly Gripping Documentary
In For Sama,
you are Waad Al-Kateab, a young journalist born and living in Syria. You were
once idealistic and free-spirited, in love with a doctor named Hamza. You once
had a beautiful home together, ready to...
Birds of Prey and the Emancipation of One Harley Quinn Review – Delightful and Fun
The one thing coming out of Suicide Squad back in
2016 that was receiving near-unanimous praise was Margot Robbie’s performance
as Harley Quinn, it also being the beloved comic-book character’s first
theatrica...
Richard Jewell Review – Rinse and Repeat, Same Old Same from Clint Eastwood
In Richard Jewell, Clint Eastwood gives us yet
another instalment in his mini-series of films about heroic individuals who
defy the odds, resist the bureaucracy, and fight against government scrutiny to
remain...
Sonic the Hedgehog Review – A Cynical Attempt at Superhero Tropes
After seeing Sonic the Hedgehog, I am convinced that Pokémon
Detective Pikachu was a fluke being the only decent video-game movie that
isn’t a cynical cash-grab with a famous video game character slapped on th...
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Review – A Nice Film About a Nice Guy
Directed by Marielle Heller, A Beautiful Day in the
Neighborhood stars Matthew Rhys as journalist Lloyd Vogel who’s assigned to
write a puff piece on beloved television host Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks). Lloyd’s
ow...
Jojo Rabbit Review – A Deep, Satirical Conversation About the Effects of Fascism
Written and directed by Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
stars Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo, a lonely German boy living during the end of
World War II and whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his
...