Review: Teen Spirit
Teen Spirit is a mainstream movie filtered (or squeezed) through an indie lens. It tells the story of Violet, a shy 17-year-old high school student who enters a local singing…
The Beguiled Review
When I heard this film was being done, my first thought was, "A remake of the 70s Clint Eastwood flick? Why?" But fortunately it's not a remake. Sophia Coppola has…
20th Century Women
20th Century Women takes place at the end of the 70s in Santa Barbara, California. Dorothea (Annette Bening) is a bohemian, mid-50ish, single mom trying to raise her son, adolescent…
Trumbo
Trumbo is set in Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s during the Red Scare, when the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was convinced that there were Commie spies planting propaganda…
Ginger & Rosa
It may be called Ginger & Rosa, but it is Elle Fannings's movie. She plays Ginger, a 16-year-old in London in 1962 whose entire world is in a precarious position…
We Bought a Zoo
It’s a good thing Matt Damon didn’t succumb to warnings about working with children and animals. Because without Matt Damon, We Bought a Zoo could have been really lame. Instead,…
Super 8
Super 8 is a blast from the past – especially for those of us who, um, grew up in the 1970s. The movie takes place in a small Ohio town…
Somewhere
Somewhere goes nowhere and I suppose that is the point, but it makes for an awfully boring movie. I spent most of this movie waiting for something, anything, to happen,…