Review: Happening
Talk about a film arriving at just the right moment! This gripping French drama about a young woman in the early 1960s who gets pregnant and has to go through…
Review: Hit the Road
This wonderful road trip drama traverses the Iranian landscape with a family and their dog. Along for the ride are a mother (Pantea Panahiha) and father (Hasan Majuni) and their…
Spoiler-Free Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
This particular Doctor Strange movie is an odd duck. It infuses traditional Marvel/MCU superhero stuff with a psychological horror vibe--and zombies--which is great if you're a fan of director Sam…
Review: The Bad Guys
The Bad Guys… aint so bad. And neither is their movie. The film is basically an animated animal version of Oceans 11. A heist movie for the under 12 set,…
Quickie Review: The Northman
This is a quickie because I know I am not the audience for this violent revenge epic. It's the latest from writer/director Robert Eggers who garnered high praise for his previous…
Quickie Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
This has to be a quickie review because I don't want to get into trouble with the Wizarding World and all you muggles out there who pay close attention to…
Review: All the Old Knives
I keep forgetting the name of this movie-- wanting to call it Knives Out, which it isn't. It's not as sharp, or entertaining. But it is engrossing. There are worse…
Review: Everything Everywhere All At Once
At the center of this wild ride of an action/sci-fi flick is Chinese immigrant mom Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh, Crazy Rich Asians, Shang-Chi) whose life definitely took a wrong turn somewhere.…
Review: Better NATE than Ever
The DUMBO in the room with Disney's family-friendly musical dramedy Better NATE Than Ever is the irony of timing--as the film's release just happens to coincide with the passage of…
And the Oscar Goes To… Not a Clue
[Post-Oscars Update: I did okay! Though I could not have predicted the Chris Rock-Will Smith debacle; there's no excuse for the show cutting out eight worthy categories from the live…
Review: Topside
This is a really gritty and entirely engaging little film. It's about Nikki (co-director Celine Held) and her 5-year-old daughter Little (Zhaila Farmer) who're living on the edge underground in…
Review: Wood and Water
Not a lot "happens" in this character study film, but that doesn't mean it's boring. It's the story of Anke (played by Anke Bak, the director’s mother), a German woman…
Review: The Adam Project
The Adam Project falls squarely in Ryan Reynolds' wheelhouse. It's a family-friendly, PG-13 time travel action adventure film packed with snark, humor and heart. It doesn't rise to the level…
Review: Lucy and Desi (documentary)
Everybody loves Lucy. So it only follows that everybody will at least like the documentary Luci and Desi about the mutually dependent success of one of Hollywood’s original power couples,…
Review: Huda’s Salon
This riveting “based on true events” thriller from two-time Academy Award nominee Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now, Omar) is set in the West Bank. Reem (Maisa Abd Elhadi) is a young Palestinian…