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: ‘Penguin Bloom’Naomi Watts Gets Upstaged By A Magpie In This Inspirational, Heavy-Handed Recovery...
The story of a paralyzed woman who bounces back with the help of a curious, equally-broken bird named Penguin sounds like either SNL parody...
Review: ‘Palmer’Justin Timberlake Leads A Formulaic Film That Still Hits You In The Feels
I remember how upset I was back in 2006 when I found out that, on top of all his Pop Superstar accolades, Justin Timberlake...
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: ‘Coming 2 America’Eddie Murphy And Nostalgia Rescue This Long-Awaited Comedy Sequel
The thing about Coming to America is that it just never gets old. Released more than 30 years ago, it remains highly enjoyable, damned...
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: ‘Without Remorse’Michael B. Jordan Elevates A Tom Clancy Thriller In Need Of Bigger...
If you're a fan of Tom Clancy, and millions of people (mostly men, let's be real) love his franchise of shady government conspiracy, military...
Review: ‘Plan B’Natalie Morales' Sexually-Charged Teen Comedy Is Bound To Ruffle Some Feathers
Natalie Morales (who stars in Dead to Me) makes her directorial debut with Plan B (her SXSW film Language Lessons is unreleased so far)...
Review: ‘Blue Miracle’Dennis Quaid And Jimmy Gonzales Sail Through A Choppy Script In The...
Sometimes hokey and cliché can be a good thing. Like in this week’s Netflix release, Blue Miracle. It tells the true story of an...
Review: ‘Mary J.Blige’s My Life’ Witness The Origin Story Of An R&B Legend
2021 is the year of the documentary centering on the female musician. We are barely halfway through and docs on Billie Eilish, Tina Turner,...