ORDINARY PEOPLE is a psychological classic filled with dramatic, astonishing moments that will grip your heart long after the movie fades away from the now closed front door.…
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THE WILD ROBOT is hands down the best animated film of the year and easily the top so far. I went into the movie with my expectations already set super high, but just like one of the film’s main characters, Brightbill, it soared well beyond anything I could’ve imagined. Animated films about robots (THE IRON GIANT, WALL-E) remind us what it means to be human. Where THE WILD ROBOT escapes its “programming” is by teaching audiences the joys and hardships…
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Despite being a huge Batman fan, I didn’t love Matt Reeve’s THE BATMAN. I thought it was tedious and overlong. It had so much potential but could’ve been a shorter film or a TV series. In walks… or waddles THE PENGUIN. A lived-in crime series that depicts Gotham in a way that I’ve always dreamed (or had nightmares) about. It’s what THE BATMAN should’ve been – a TV series. This would’ve allowed the characters to live and breathe as they…
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Oscar season has officially begun. Though it kicks off with a comedy this time....…
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"And (perhaps) the Oscar for Best Animated Feature goes to..."…
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Somewhat phoned-in by all involved, but fun and well done nonetheless...…
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In the heartfelt and informative documentary WILL & HARPER, Will Ferrel and Harper Steele set out on the ultimate road trip about friendship. The premise of this film is simple. Two lifelong friends discuss and learn what it’s like to support one another after one transitions to being a woman. That story alone would have been compelling. Yet, director Josh Greenbaum adds more to the mix and has them go on a 3000-mile road trip through transphobic parts of the…
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The best kind of biographical documentary is the one that scrutinizes all of the parts of their subject’s life – the good, the bad, and the ugly – and that is what we get in this moving documentary about the two lives of Christopher Reeve. An accomplished stage actor, Chris was tapped to play the Man of Steel in the first modern superhero movie, and even today, decades later, his performances as Superman and Clark Kent still ring true. Virile,…
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ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING sent this reviewer over-the-moon. All I can think to say out loud is I have been “Jonked.”…
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