Movie Review: The Human Factor
The Human Factor, is a riveting and illuminating examination of American foreign policy in the Middle East since the mid-1980s and through to the end of Bill Clinton’s tenure as president.
Movie Review: Fatale
There have been many films before Fatale that explore the consequence of extramarital affairs, but none have been as uninteresting or as tedious as this one.
Movie Review: News of the World
News of the World is one of the best films of the year and deserves to be lauded as one of the more important Westerns ever made as well.
Movie Review: Promising Young Woman
Emerald Fennell's 'Promising Young Woman' offers the viewer a bright beacon of light at the end of the long, dark cinematic tunnel of the past year or so.
Movie Review: Soul
The latest Pixar film, Soul, is worth the wait since its delay from last summer and may rank with the best offerings from the studio when all is said and done.
Movie Review: Wonder Woman 1984
While not a step back, as its still better than most of the DCEU, Wonder Woman 1984 is somewhat disappointing given just how wonderful the first film was.
Movie Review: Freaky
The horror/comedy Freaky is a stylistically pleasing hybrid of genres that allows a group of tremendously gifted actors the ability to shine their respective roles. However, it gets a little too lost early on trying to adhere to the horror genre than embrace what it ultimately proves to be far better at, the comedic aspect of the combination. Seventeen-year-old Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton) is i...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Climb
The new drama, The Climb, begins with, well, two cyclist friends climbing a winding, mountain road as they discuss their current state of affairs. It is a rather obvious metaphor for the twists and turns the relationship these two friends have will take throughout the entirety of the film. The Climb was written and directed by Michael Angelo Covino, who also plays Mike, the better cyclist of the t...[Read More]
Movie Review: Let Him Go
The latest film to bear the moniker “starring Kevin Costner” above its title is the new dramatic thriller Let Him Go. While the film defies a specific categorization in any single genre, it miraculously escapes the fate of trying to be too many things at one time and is simply a splendidly told tale featuring a plethora of remarkably talented actors. When we first meet the Blackledges, they are in...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Over half a century has passed since the events portrayed in the outstanding courtroom drama from Netflix, The Trial of the Chicago 7, took place and, given the current politically charged times, our relationship with authority and authoritarian rule hasn’t gotten any less prickly. When first envisioned, the protest accompanying the Democratic National Convention in 1968, was intended to be a peac...[Read More]
The War with Grandpa Takes the Box-Office Weekend
Audiences returned to movie theaters this weekend and the winner was the new family comedy from 101 Studios and Brookdale Studios, The War with Grandpa, starring Robert De Niro and Oakes Fegley. The film debuted at the top of the box office over the weekend with $3.6 million. Check out a new clip from the film above. In a distant second-place, well a full $1.5 million behind The War with Grandpa a...[Read More]
Movie Review: The War with Grandpa
It is a sad state of affairs indeed, when a boy and his grandfather must do battle due to their shared claim over a little thing like a bedroom. But, that is exactly the premise of the new comedy The War with Grandpa, that stars Robert De Niro and Oakes Fegley respectively as the grandfather and grandson. But, make no mistake, there is very little that is actually funny in this film. It starts off...[Read More]