Review: ‘Crisis’Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, And Evangeline Lilly Lead Nicholas Jarecki's Ambitious Drug War...
Another movie about the opioid epidemic? They're coming at us fast and furious, with most tackling the issue on either a micro or macro...
Review: ‘Cherry’Tom Holland Goes For Broke In The Russo Bros.' Overwrought But Effectively Entertaining...
Nobody wants to be the guy to follow a champion. That was what I thought while watching Cherry, the first film directed by the...
Review: ‘Safer At Home’A Pandemic Themed Thriller That’s Safer To Avoid
Up next in the line of movies trying to capitalize on the pandemic is Safer At Home. This ‘thriller’ takes place in 2022, two...
Review: ‘Wrong Turn’Mike P. Nelson Delivers a Terrifyingly Gory Remake That Hits Its Marks
It really seems like every day there is something else that’s meant to make me feel old. Until now, reboots and remakes were a...
Review: ‘The Father’Anthony Hopkins And Olivia Colman Give Heartbreaking Performances In Florian Zeller's Stagy...
Considering the rave Sundance reviews for Anthony Hopkins' heartbreaking performance in Florian Zeller's The Father, it's almost unfathomable we've been waiting a full year...
Review: ‘The United States Vs. Billie Holiday’Andra Day Soars, But Lee Daniels' Film Is...
Lee Daniels' The United States vs. Billie Holiday fits into a surge of films about Black activism in the pursuit of equal rights. While...
Review: ‘I Care A Lot’Rosamund Pike And Peter Dinklage Go Toe-to-Toe In Superbly Evil...
*NOTE: This is a reprint of Jake's review from last year's Toronto International Film Festival.*
You always hear about people “abusing the system.” Learning the...
Review: ‘Jumbo’Visually Entrancing Love Story Between Woman And Machine Is A Wild Ride.
Humans have had a long fascination with machines and that obsession frequently makes it to the silver screen. The Iron Giant, Herbie Fully Loaded,...
Review: ‘Nomadland’Frances McDormand Delivers A Career Best Performance In Chloe Zhao's Enormous, Powerful Road...
*NOTE: This is a reprint of my review from the Middleburg Film Festival.*
There are a lot of deep silences in Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland. Oftentimes they’re...
Review: ‘The Violent Heart’A Well-Acted Coming-Of-Age Romance Mystery Thriller Suffers From A Third Act's...
Writer/Director Kerem Sanga’s fourth theatrical film The Violent Heart follows Daniel (Jovan Adepo), who unfortunately has had some difficulties in his life. As a...