Review: ‘Raya And The Last Dragon’Disney Delivers Sword-Swinging, High-Flying Action With Southeast Asian Flair
It's interesting to me that Disney's Asian-inspired princesses are also in the films that are the most action-heavy. It could just be cultural, as...
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: ‘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: ‘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: ‘Silk Road’Jason Clarke Tracks Down A Digital Drug Kingpin In Tiller Russell's Cat...
In 2013, reclusive Dark Web pioneer Ross Ulbricht was arrested by the feds for creating what he called the Silk Road. While the name...
Review: ‘Body Brokers’Michael K. Williams, Frank Grillo, And Jack Kilmer Lead An Unfocused But...
There are a number of movies about the current drug crisis, told in the context of the failed war on drugs. It's amazing to...
Review: ‘Willy’s Wonderland’Nicolas Cage Is A Silent Assassin Of Evil Animatronic Puppets
Nicolas Cage vs. evil animatronic monsters? The idea practically writes itself, and thankfully for Willy's Wonderland it appears that no script got in the...
Review: ‘To All The Boys: Always And Forever’Lara Jean And Peter Face An Uncertain...
Oh, Peter. You've finally found a rival for Lara Jean's heart that you can't simply out-smile or out-charm into defeat. Netflix's adaptations of Jenny...