Review: ‘Dreamin’ Wild’Casey Affleck's Musical Dreams Come True In Bill Pohlad's Heartwarming Emerson Brothers...
Why are so many movies based on a character's pursuit of their dreams? Easy. Everyone has dreams, whether stated or not. But also because...
Review: ‘Aporia’Judy Greer Deals With The Burden Of Time Travel In Jared Moshe's Thought-Provoking...
Jared Moshe's Aporia is yet another sci-fi film dealing with time travel, and the ramifications of messing around with it. But unlike many others that use...
Review: ‘Bottoms’Rachel Sennott And Ayo Edibiri Go Wild In Brazen, Raunchy, Bare-Knuckle Queer Comedy
When your film combines the talents of Shiva Baby writer/director Emma Seligman and her brilliant star Rachel Sennott, plus The Bear breakout Ayo Edibiri, the expectations are...
Review: ‘Gran Turismo’Sony's Slick, Gamer-Turned-Racer Drama Boasts Horsepower And Heart
I've long ago grown bored of racing sims, and that includes Sony's bestselling Gran Turismo games. The last thing I could think of being...
Review: ‘The Equalizer 3’Denzel Washington Is A Lion In Winter In Brutal, Satisfying Final...
You couldn't make the Equalizer films with just anybody. It had to be somebody like Denzel Washington to play righteous badass Robert McCall. These movies,...
Review: ‘A Haunting In Venice’Kenneth Branagh's Latest Poirot Mystery Is Big On Jump Scares...
Who says movies for grown folks are dead? Kenneth Branagh has practically brought them back singlehandedly with his series of Agatha Christie adaptations, in...
Review: ‘Cassandro’Gael García Bernal Wins As A Trailblazing Queer Luchador In Roger Ross Williams'...
Professional wrestling is a global form of entertainment, and every culture has its unique version of it. But one thing you can count on...
Review: ‘Flora And Son’Eve Hewson And Joseph Gordon-Levitt Make Beautiful Music In John Carney's...
NOTE: This review was originally part of our Sundance 2023 coverage*
John Carney doesn’t make musical romances. He makes romances about music and the way...
Review: ‘No One Will Save You’Kaitlyn Dever Faces Deadly Quiet In Brian Duffield's Tightly...
It might be pretty deep into Brian Duffield's alien home invasion thriller No One Will Save You before you realize something pretty big about it....
Review: ‘Fair Play’Alden Ehrenreich Has His Fragile Male Ego Shaken By Phoebe Dynevor In...
*NOTE: This is a reprint of my review from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.*
If you’ve been dying for a twist on the old Michael...