Waltzing with Brando
Based on true events, Waltzing with Brando tells the story of young architect Bernard Judge’s (John Heder, Napoleon Dynamite) relationship with the iconic star, as he tries to build his…
Eleanor the Great
Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut is a solid one thanks largely to the watchability and likability of nonagenarian June Squib (Thelma, Nebraska). Squibb plays the title character, Eleanor Morgenstein, in Eleanor…
Quickie review: The Thursday Murder Club
Sometimes Netflix has just what you need for a night in! This adaptation of Richard Osman's bestselling mystery is the perfect flick to take your mind off the crazy world…
The Roses
It’s a thorny dilemma. The Roses can be dark and violent and sad, but also engaging, wickedly funny, and deliciously vicious. The film is a reimagining of the 1989 classic…
The Baltimorons
As a native Baltimorean, it seemed only fitting that I (Mainstream Chick) check this one out, even if it does skew arty. I liken it to a Hallmark Christmas movie…
Highest to Lowest
This film marks Denzel Washington's and Spike Lee's fifth collaboration. They've done some of their best work together, and though it's been 19 years since they were on opposite sides…
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…