Review: ‘Our Friend’Jason Segel, Casey Affleck, And Dakota Johnson Lead An Affecting Tearjerker About...
What kind of person gives up everything in their life to spend years helping a friend through a difficult time? You might say someone...
Review: ‘The Marksman’Liam Neeson Defends An Immigrant Boy In An Eastwood-esque Action Flick
The Marksman, Liam Neeson's latest geriatric action thriller, could just as easily be imagined as a star vehicle for Clint Eastwood. The film is...
‘WandaVision’ Review: Marvel Takes A Big Gamble Mixing Superheroes With Classic TV Sitcoms
While we shouldn't expect the Marvel Cinematic Universe to walk in lock-step with Marvel Comics, there's one universal truth when it comes to Wanda...
Review: ‘Outside The Wire’Anthony Mackie Is An Advanced Android Soldier In An Efficient Sci-Fi...
Netflix's latest "quick grab" action flick Outside the Wire is a hodge-podge of various military scare-tactic films. You've got Terminator and the fear of...
Review: ‘American Skin’Nate Parker Puts The Police On Trial In His Provocative, Unfocused, And...
Let's get one thing out of the way right now. American Skin, the first movie from writer/director/star Nate Parker since his Birth of a...
‘Sylvie’s Love’ Interviews: Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, And Eugene Ashe On Crafting A Classic...
Sylvie's Love, out right now on Amazon Prime, is something that is a rare breed in Hollywood. A classic romance featuring two African-American leads,...
Review: ‘Herself’Phyllida Lloyd Returns With A Compassionate Drama About A Woman's Fight To Build...
*NOTE: This is a reprint of my review from the Middleburg Film Festival. Herself is available now on Amazon Prime Video.*
In a riveting early...
The Movies I Forgot Were Released In 2020
Because time lost all meaning in 2020, going back to look back at the films pre-lockdown felt like being taken to another world. It...
Travis Hopson’s 20 Best Movies Of 2020
This year has sucked. You don't need me to rant and rave about it. We all know it did.
But the movie year? Well, that...
10 Great Overlooked Films Of 2020
What makes for a great overlooked movie in a year in which everything is on the same playing field? This crazy pandemic time has...