Movie Review Pig (2021): A Movie Review An uplifting, apocalyptic meditation on love, loss, and what matters in life.
Movie Review Licorice Pizza (2021): A Movie Review Paul Thomas Anderson delivers a funny, bold, and adventurous coming-of-age story concerning oddballs in California, 1973.
Movie Review King Richard (2021): A Movie Review An inspiring biopic of the Williams sisters' journey from Compton to pro tennis under the controlling tutelege of their father.
Movie Review Belfast (2021): A Movie Review Kenneth Branagh’s child’s eye view of The Troubles in Northern Ireland has a good message, but is less-than-good filmmaking.
Movie Review The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021): A Movie Review Joel Coen’s adaption is a cinematic presentation of theatre, with superb image and sound.
Movie Review West Side Story (2021): A Movie Review Spielberg's remake doesn't hold a candle to the original, but the qualities of the story shine through.
Movie Review Judas and the Black Messiah (2021): A Movie Review Shaka King’s second feature is engaging, pulls no punches, and moves at an exhilarating pace.
Movie Review Black Christmas (1974): Early Slasher, Twisted Christmas Movie, 1970s Abortion Views Time Capsule A retrospective movie review.
Movie Review Spencer (2021): A Movie Review Pablo Larraín's cinematic portrait of Diana, an unconventional horror film, is heart-rending, joyful, suffocating, and tense.
Retrospective Movie Review Nightmare Alley (1947): A Grim & Unique Noir Gem Something dark, twisted, and great to close out #Noirvember? This is your ticket.
Movie Review The Last Duel (2021): A Movie Review Ridley Scott’s medieval #MeToo drama pointedly conveys a bleak worldview, but feels unbalanced and disjointed.
Horror ‘Why won't he die?!’: Post-Halloween Musings on Michael Myers as Evil Personified The first Halloween movies made Michael Myers a simple, dreadfully effective metaphor for the nature of evil in the real world.