Category: Film Reviews
House of Gucci Can’t Take Off Despite Hollywood Royalty
Despite excellent performances by some of Hollywood’s leading starts, Ridley Scott’s (Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator)…
Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back makes long overdue correction to narrative
When I heard that Peter Jackson, perhaps the most versatile contemporary filmmaker today, was working…
West Side Story and In The Heights present different immigrant stories
Two movies premiered in 2021 – West Side Story and In The Heights – with…
Spider-Man: No Way Home keeps Marvel saga alive and fresh
Audiences are packing the theaters to see Spider-Man: No Way Home for good reason. In…
Sérgio resists easy answers to global violence
Events unfolding in Afghanistan are likely to breathe new life into the movie Sérgio. The…
The Outpost’s gritty realism shows America’s war in Afghanistan
As America ends its formal 20-year combat commitment to Afghanistan, viewers might find The Outpost…
In The Heights celebrates first gen Americans
My movie review of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s movie version of In The Heights is live on…
Suicide Squad’s redeemable sociopaths make the mayhem enjoyable
The plot of the James Gunn’s 2021 version of the movie Suicide Squad is thin….
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is all fun parody
Everything about Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is a spoof of the action movie genre. This includes…
i am ALL GIRLS is a crime thriller carrying a dark message
i am ALL GIRLS (2021) is a dark thriller from South African which dives deep…
