Review: ‘The Sunlit Night’ Jenny Slate Sinks At The Top Of The World
*NOTE* This is an edited review from the Sundance Film Festival*
I’ll say this for director David Wnendt; he knows how to make an impression....
Review: ‘Concrete Cowboy’Idris Elba Rides Tall In A Fascinating Urban Western Saddled With A...
*NOTE: This is a reprint of my review from the Middleburg Film Festival*
On some level, I think we always knew there were black cowboys,...
Review: ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore’The Magic Is Back As The Harry Potter...
It's been tough sledding for the Fantastic Beasts franchise. First of all, having to live up to the Harry Potter films is a near-impossible...
Middleburg Review: ‘Herself’Phyllida Lloyd Returns With A Compassionate Drama About A Woman's Fight To...
In a riveting early scene from Phyllida Lloyd's empathetic, low-key drama Herself, a little girl races into a convenience store with her toybox. Inside...
Review: ‘Radium Girls’Joey King And Abby Quinn Are Activists In Respectable Drama About A...
Filmmaker Lydia Dean Pilcher has found her niche this year exploring little-known chapters in female history. Her film A Call to Spy took a...
Review: ‘The Broken Hearts Gallery’Geraldine Viswanathan And Dacre Montgomery Find Humor After Heartbreak
The Broken Hearts Gallery isn't a movie that would normally blink too hard on my radar, but there's one reason it did and one...
Review: ‘Run Sweetheart Run’Ella Balinska Faces The Date From Hell In Shana Feste's Blistering,...
RUN!
It's not just a word bookending the title of Shana Feste's pulse-pounding, feminist horror Run Sweetheart Run. The word hits you in the chest in...
Review ‘Cyrano’Peter Dinklage Sings And Clashes Swords In Joe Wright's Brilliant, Fresh Take On...
Years of too many high school romances have left a whole generation of moviegoers cynical to the plight of unrequited love, which makes Joe...
Review: ‘Spiral: From The Book Of Saw’Don't Be Caught In The Trap Of This...
Don't be fooled by Spiral: From the Book of Saw; its use of big stars like Chris Rock (who developed the "story") and Samuel...
Review: ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’David Lowery's Neverland Has Diversity And Female Spirit, But Lacks...
Personally, I find it tough to get too excited about a new Peter Pan movie. Adaptations of JM Barrie's fantasy about the boy who...