Review: The Lost Daughter
In her directorial debut Maggie Gyllenhaal demonstrates that she's as talented behind the camera as in front. Oscar winner Olivia Coleman (The Favourite) stars in this psychological drama adapted from…
Review: Our Friend
Read this first. It's the Esquire article on which Our Friend is based. The writer is Matthew Teague, a journalist who wrote an essay about the slow and painful death…
Review: The High Note
Drama? Check. Music? Check. Romance? Check. The High Note delivers all the required elements for a satisfying, mainstream-friendly chick flick, though it could have scored higher if not for a…
Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon
Most movies with Down syndrome characters treat them with kid gloves, painting them as lovable but limited people. But in The Peanut Butter Falcon Zak (Zack Gottsagen) is anything but…
Review: Fifty Shades Freed
Seven years hence the release of “Fifty Shades of Grey", it’s time to close the book on the movie franchise that the popular and controversial novel helped procreate. If you’ve…
Fifty Shades Darker
Defending this movie is like Donald Trump defending one of his executive orders. The built-in base will eat it up. Others will accept it, with reservations. And everyone else will…
Mainstream Chick’s Quick Takes: Money Monster; A Bigger Splash; High-Rise
Money Monster is a satisfying crowd-pleaser that definitely benefits from the established rapport between lead actors George Clooney and Julia Roberts and the solid direction of Jodie Foster. Clooney plays…
How to Be Single
Apparently, I’m doing it all wrong. Then again, I’m not really sure what the takeaway is supposed to be for this movie. I just hope it doesn’t reel in the…
Black Mass
There’s really only one reason to see Black Mass - and that is the performance of Johnny Depp as south Boston’s notorious Irish mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger. Depp has…
Fifty Shades of Grey
Oh, where to begin… I’m somewhat conflicted writing this review because the movie is actually better than I expected. Yet I am extremely bothered by the fact that it’s been…