Review: The Man Who Invented Christmas
God bless us, everyone. There’s more than one family-friendly movie worth catching this holiday season. First, there was Wonder, a heartwarming drama based on the best-selling book from 2012. And…
Quickie Reviews: Only the Brave; Marshall
Only the Brave is a solid, engaging drama that is all the more impactful in light of the recent wildfires in California. Fire is as much a character in Only…
Review: Victoria & Abdul
20 years ago Judy Dench was nominated for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown, a retelling of the Queen's unconventional relationship with her Scottish groom. Victoria & Abdul…
Review: Te Ata
Te Ata was the stage name Mary Thompson Fisher took on in 1919 when she left her Chickasaw home in Oklahoma to pursue a career in acting. The film is…
Review: Professor Marston & The Wonder Women
All I knew going into Professor Marston & The Wonder Women was that it was an R-rated drama about the American psychologist who created the Wonder Woman comic book character.…
Review: Battle of the Sexes
Battle of the Sexes is okay, but far from the grand slam I was rooting for. I love the story, especially because it’s true: tennis great Billie Jean King agrees…
Review: Stronger
Stronger starts off strong, falters a bit in the middle, and regains its footing towards the end, making for an inconsistent though still compelling drama. The movie tells the true…
Review: Rebel in the Rye
I vaguely recall reading "The Catcher in the Rye" in High School. But I must not have been overly impressed with teen-angst icon Holden Caulfield because unlike characters in, say,…
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Quickie Reviews: The Glass Castle; Wind River; The Fencer; A Taxi Driver
I’m generally a fan of (or maybe a sucker for) movies based on real people and events, so that could be why I had a pretty good week at the…
Review: Maudie
Based on a true story, this biopic is both sweet and disturbing at times. It's the story of Maud Lewis, a folk artist who lived in Nova Scotia. It starts…
Review: Megan Leavey – A True(ish) Tale about a Marine and her Dog
Megan Leavey feels like a movie that started out as a pet project, gained momentum as a pet project, and made it to the big screen as a pet project,…
Churchill Review
Another movie about Winston Churchill? There have been dozens over the years illuminating various eras and roles in his life. This one takes on just a few days. But what…
The Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z (pronounced zed in the British fashion) tells the "true" story of the intrepid Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam of Sons of Anarchy) who was…
Cézanne et Moi
Cézanne et Moi offers a view of a friendship that spanned nearly a lifetime. It's the story of the bond formed in an Aix-en-Provence childhood between two great artists of…
The Zookeeper’s Wife
Just in time for Passover… a new Holocaust movie! It’s hard to believe that 80 years after Hitler hatched his maniacal plan to exterminate Jews, there are compelling stories of…