Quickie Review: Dumbo
There’s a reason we don’t review too many kids’ movies, even if we happen to see them: they aren’t really for us. A few weeks ago, I saw the animated…
Quickie Review: The Brink
If you're a political junkie like me, you're probably very familiar with Steve Bannon and his outsized role in electing the current occupant of the White House. This new documentary…
Quickie Review: US
US is most definitely a thinking person’s horror movie. That means, it helps to be a fan of the horror genre, to mitigate the horrors of having to watch the…
Quickie Review: The Hummingbird Project
If you’re looking for something thought-provoking, but less terrifying than US, The Hummingbird Project is the smart person’s financial thriller. That means, it helps to be somewhat of a geek…
Review: Depraved
Depraved is a modern day Frankenstein movie set in Brooklyn. At the center is young doctor Henry (David Call, TV's The Magicians), who suffers from PTSD after serving in a…
Review: The Aftermath
I’m not normally one for period dramas but I was intrigued by the basic premise of The Aftermath: former enemies forced to reconnect on various levels of humanity in the…
Quickie Reviews: Gloria Bell; Yardie
What’s with all the remakes of decent if not exceptional foreign films lately? In recent months, we’ve seen Americanized versions of the 2011 feel-good French film The Intouchables (remade as…
Review: The Invisibles
There are plenty of films about the Jews who lost their lives to the Nazis, but this is the first I've seen about those who hid in plain sight in…
Review: Five Feet Apart
Haven’t I seen this movie somewhere before? Yes, Five Feet Apart does indeed look a lot like the 2014 ailing-teen romantic drama tearjerker, The Fault in Our Stars. Only this…
Review: The Wedding Guest
You might expect from the title that this is another of director Michael Winterbottom's light comedies as in The Trip series, and that it has something to do with nuptials,…
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Quick Takes: Never Look Away; Transit; Woman at War
With Arty Chick off to parts unknown to direct a documentary, it’s possible her reviews will be fewer and farther between for a while. So I will try and highlight…
Review: Captain Marvel
I'll tread carefully here, though I don't think there are many actual spoilers to worry about. That’s because Captain Marvel is an origin story meant to set the stage for…
Quickie Review: Apollo 11 (Documentary)
July 1969. I was barely two, so I don’t have any real memory of watching history unfold on television, as NASA attempted (and accomplished) its most daring mission ever: to…