Review: ‘If You Were The Last’Anthony Mackie And Zoe Chao Have Out Of This...
For all of his blockbuster bonafides, Anthony Mackie's magnetism has always been best deployed in smaller films, particularly of the rom-com genre. For Zoe...
Middleburg Review: ‘The Killer’David Fincher's Hitman Thriller With Michael Fassbender Takes Aim And Misses...
It's not always true that a great filmmaker can then make any movie he works on great. David Fincher is one of the best...
Middleburg Review: ‘Saltburn’Emerald Fennell's Stylish, Kinky Aristocratic Thriller Ensares You In Its Web
If Cruel Intentions and Brideshead Revisited were burned to ashes then laced with acid and smoked, you'd get the sensation of Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman follow-up, Saltburn. A constantly-shocking...
Middleburg Review: ‘The Holdovers’Alexander Payne And Paul Giamatti Bring Grumpy Charm To The Holidays
The 1970s aesthetic deployed by Alexander Payne in his charming new dramedy, The Holdovers, isn't a mere gimmick. From the technicolor palette to the pops...
Middleburg Review: ‘American Fiction’Jeffrey Wright Leaves Them Bamboozled In Funny, Insightful Satire About Plight...
In 1985, Robert Townsend offered one of the most insightful, and funniest looks at the relationship between art and Black culture with Hollywood Shuffle. The...
Middleburg Review: ‘Dream Scenario’Nicolas Cage Is On Everyone's Minds In A Strange, Nightmare Dark...
The funny thing about Nicolas Cage is that at this stage of his career, after many strange, off-the-wall performances in bizarre movies, he's kinda...
Middleburg Review: ‘The Zone Of Interest’Jonathan Glazer Returns With A Chilling But Hollow Holocaust...
Has there ever been a Holocaust movie where a character makes an impassioned plea to stay in Auschwitz, rather than to escape such a...
Middleburg Review: ‘Fingernails’Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, And Jeremy Allen White Put Love To The...
If you could take a test that proves you and your partner are in love, would you do it? The more important question in...
Middleburg Review: ‘Society Of The Snow’J.A. Bayona's Harrowing Andes Survival Thriller Is A Triumph...
The story of the 1972 crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in the Andes Mountains has been told more than once on the...
Middleburg Review: ‘Rustin’Colman Domingo Brings A Forgotten Civil Rights Icon To Life
Biographical dramas, biopics, are the coal that drives the engine of awards season. It can be a bit of a drag watching so many...