Review: ‘The Perfect Candidate’Haifaa al-Mansour Gets Back To Her Hopeful, Empowering Roots
*NOTE: This is a reprint of my review from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The Perfect Candidate is open in select area theaters now.*
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Review: ‘The Man In The Hat’Ciarán Hinds Charms In A “Silent” Road Trip Comedy...
The Man In The Hat right off is a tough movie to define. It’s a comedy, but really is quirkier than but-gusting. It’s silent,...
Review: ‘The Djinn’IFC’s Newest Horror Will Make You Be Careful What You Wish For
Dylan Jacobs (Ezra Dewey) and his father Michael (Rob Brownstein) are trying to pick up the pieces in The Djinn. It is the fall...
Review: ‘Riders Of Justice’Mads Mikkelsen Is Pitch Perfect In The Quirky Revenge Dramedy
Despite being in colossal blockbusters, including the upcoming reboot of Indiana Jones and fourth Fantastic Beasts film, Mads Mikkelsen is at his best in...
Review: ‘The Killing Of Two Lovers’Clayne Crawford Gives A Career-Defining Performance About The Breakdown...
Let’s just keep it 100. Marriage is hard. The idea of a union between two people who love each other is often, well, for...
Review: ‘The Woman In The Window’We're As Stuck As Amy Adams In Joe Wright's...
The Woman in the Window's title is strangely accurate, not for anything that happens in this sloppy, uninteresting regurgitation of Rear Window. For a...
Review: ‘High Ground’Stephen Maxwell Johnson Tells A Jarring Tale About Loyalty From The Dark...
Of all of the under-represented and underserved in the history books Australia’s Indigenous people must be somewhere near the top. Perhaps in Europe they...
Review: ‘The Get Together’This Coming-Of-Age Story Shows How Much Can Happen At One Party...
Life doesn’t always go as planned and August (Courtney Parchman) is finding that out the hard way. She lives in a shitty rat-infested house...
Review: ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’Angelina Jolie's Fiery Thriller Won't Burn Into Your Memory...
Those Who Wish Me Dead is an old-fashioned star vehicle. It probably wouldn't exist if it weren't for star Angelina Jolie, making an increasingly...
Review: ‘Spiral: From The Book Of Saw’Don't Be Caught In The Trap Of This...
Don't be fooled by Spiral: From the Book of Saw; its use of big stars like Chris Rock (who developed the "story") and Samuel...