Middleburg Review: ‘Parasite’, Bong Joon-ho’s Twisted,High-Wire Dark Comedy Nibbles At The Edge Of Greatness
South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho has often tackled class warfare in his films, usually through the eyes of the struggling lower class. Not every...
Review: ‘Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil’, Angelina Jolie Finds No Redemption In Disney’s Dull, Grim...
Disney's Maleficent occupies a strange space in their recent infatuation with fairy tale reimaginings. Unlike the others, it took the notorious Sleeping Beauty villain...
Review: ‘Dolemite Is My Name’, Eddie Murphy Is Outta Sight As Blaxploitation Legend Rudy...
That Eddie Murphy would gravitate to playing R-rated comedian and blaxploitation icon Rudy Ray Moore isn't at all surprising. The two have quite a...
Review: ‘Little Monsters’, Lupita Nyong’o Is Bloody Great As A Zombie-Fighting Schoolteacher
*NOTE: This is an edited reprint of my review from the Sundance Film Festival.*
The Sundance promo image for horror-comedy Little Monsters features a blood-stained...
Review: ‘In The Tall Grass’ Keeps Getting Lost In The Weeds…Over And Over
Netflix’s foray into Stephen King adaptations continues with
In The Tall Grass, which was a
collaboration between the horror legend and his son Joe Hill. Becky...
Review: ‘10 Minutes Gone’, At Least It’s Got Bruce Willis And Michael Chiklis?
If any of you have been patiently waiting for both Michael
Chiklis and Bruce Willis to grace the big screen together than 10 Minutes
Gone scratches...
Review: ‘The Politician’, Ryan Murphy Shows How Screwed Up Our Politics Are Via A...
“The world is finished with entitled white men.”
“The world will never be finished with entitled white men. That’s why we feel so entitled”
After making...
Review: “Downton Abbey,” A Lot of Pomp, Too Much Circumstance
Dust off the furniture and polish the silver, tell the maids to turn down the beds and make some popcorn because Downton Abbey is back. After...
Review: ‘Spider In The Web’, Even Ben Kingsley Can’t Save Them All
Spider in the Web, based on true events, tells the
story of Adereth (Ben Kingsley) – an aging operative whose glory days are
behind him. He...
Review: ‘Angel Has Fallen’, The Franchise Gets Back On Its Feet In A Big...
I must admit to having a soft spot for the 'Has Fallen' movies. They are ridiculously absurd, knuckle-headed action movies with a generic tough-guy...