Middleburg Review: ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’Rian Johnson's Murder Mystery Sequel Is Funnier,...
When Rian Johnson released Knives Out in 2019, it was seen as just this starry palette cleanser, following the divisive reaction to The Last Jedi. Little did...
Review: ‘The Good Nurse’Eddie Redmayne And Jessica Chastain Lead A Terrifyingly Cold True Crime...
How many "angel of death" stories have we heard about? If you're a true crime enthusiast, chances are you've been horrified by many of...
Review: ‘TÁR’Cate Blanchett Puts On A Master Class In Todd Field's Triumphant Return Film
After sixteen years away, making his first film since 2006's Little Children, Todd Field is open to taking some big chances. His masterful TÁR is nothing...
Review: ‘Till’Danielle Deadwyler Is Heartbreaking And Ferocious While Chinonye Chukwu's Drama Fights To Keep...
I've been grappling with Till for a couple of weeks, trying to untangle my thoughts on director Chinonye Chukwu's stirring drama about a nightmarish chapter in...
Review: ‘To Leslie’Andrea Riseborough Is Quietly Devastating In Michael Morris' Compassionate Alcoholism Drama
The opening title sequence of Michael Morris' quiet, understated gem To Leslie does what other filmmakers would waste 20+ minutes explaining. A series of...
Review: Marvel’s ‘Werewolf By Night’ Is An Hour Of Macabre Fun Perfect For Spooky...
Count me as one of those who has often hammered Marvel Studios for its bland, big-screen superhero storytelling. Not that I dislike Marvel movies,...
Review: ‘Amsterdam’Margot Robbie, Christian Bale, And John David Washington Are America's Last Hope In...
"A lot of this really happened."
That's how David O. Russell chooses to open his latest, overstuffed political caper, Amsterdam. Like American Hustle before it, Russell weaves fact...
Review: ‘God’s Creatures’Emily Watson Is Ferocious As An Overprotective Mother In A Tightly Controlled...
The small, Irish fishing village depicted in God's Creatures will look familiar. Many a working class drama has taken place in similar locations and following similar...
Review: ‘The Good House’Sigourney Weaver And Kevin Kline Are A Delight In Familiar Alcoholism...
Is there such a thing as a bad time shared with Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline? I'm hard-pressed to think of one. Reuniting for...
Review: ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’Zac Efron Heads To Vietnam In Peter Farrelly's Shallow...
There's a recurring bit in Peter Farrelly's dramedy The Greatest Beer Run Ever where well-intentioned merchant Marine Chickie Donohue (Zac Efron) fails miserably to explain...