Drowning Dry (Seses)
In this Latvian-Lithuanian film, two couples and their kids head to a cabin in the country following a mixed martial arts fight where one of the dads, Lukas (Paulius Markevičius),…
Bad Shabbos
If you keep your expectations low, you just never know! Such was the case with dark comedy Bad Shabbos. I watched this small festival darling a while back, in advance…
F1: The Movie
It's interesting how the order in which we see films can impact our perspective/review. I suspect I would have been more blown away by F1: The Movie if I had…
Shoshana
Director Michael Winterbottom (The Wedding Guest, The Trip series) centers his "based on a true story" film on Shoshana Borochov (Irina Starshenbaum), a Russian-Jewish woman living in British Mandate Palestine…
Eddington
Writer-Director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) has a penchant for making his audiences uncomfortable. And that's pretty much what he does for about two and half hours with his latest film…
Superman
Christopher Reeve will always be the OG, but this latest iteration of Superman is definitely well-suited to carry the mantle forward. David Corenswet's name doesn't exactly roll off the tongue,…
Jurassic World Rebirth
It may be time to let sleeping dinosaurs lie. Despite a strong cast and a pedigree of prehistoric proportions, Jurassic World Rebirth is surprisingly weak, with a story more fractured…
Materialists
From the trailer and publicity around this film, you might think it's your classic chick flick. But you'd be wrong. Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Celine Song (Past…
Mission: Impossible —The Final Reckoning
[This review will self-destruct in five seconds...unless you choose to read it.] When the fate of the world hangs in the balance, nobody goes to greater heights-- or depths-- to…
The New Boy
I watched this film just after reading Cate Blanchett's statement that she is quitting movies. I hope she reconsiders and just takes a healthy pause, since she is such a…
Bonjour Tristesse
Set in a beautiful corner of the French Riviera, this coming-of-age drama centers on Cécile (Lily McInerny) a young woman spending the summer with her widowed father Raymond (Claes Bang)…
The Accountant 2
The Accountant 2 is very much like The Accountant (2016). That’s not necessarily a bad thing. A good sequel beats an awful original any day — especially when we’re in…
The Legend of Ochi
E.T. set a really high bar for children's fantasy films in my youth. And I've pretty much aged out of the genre. So The Legend of Ochi didn't do much…
Art for Everybody
The name Thomas Kinkade was familiar to me, though I'd have had a hard time saying who he was prior to watching this documentary. If you were around during the…
The Friend
I am a big dog lover! And when I saw the trailer for this flick, I knew I had to watch it. The catalyst for the whole story is a…