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Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway is built on a bedrock of lore and mythology that ranges back several decades, and it’s not the kind of film...

America: The Motion Picture takes a few liberties with history — rather, it uses historical characters to tell a rip-roaring adventure. George Washington is a...

This article contains major spoilers for the False Positive ending. You can check out our spoiler-free season review by clicking these words. In the A24...

“In the coldest regions of North America, Drivers traverse man-made roads over frozen rivers, lakes and oceans of ice less than 30 inches thick on...

The first part of the documentary is surrounding the sisters, Tai, Rainn, and Brooke Sheppard, being invited on The View to celebrate Sports Illustrated Kids’...

This article discusses the ending of the Netflix film Good on Paper, so it will contain major spoilers.  Good on Paper, Netflix’s newest foray into...

The House of Flowers: The Movie starts with the family’s maid, Delia (Norma Angélica), revealing a secret to Paulina on her deathbed. The secret being...

Netflix’s A Family, originally titled Yakuza and the Family, was written and directed by Michihito Fujii (Hard Days; The Brightest Roof in the Universe). Fujii’s film...

This article discusses the ending of the Netflix film Jagame Thandhiram, so it will contain major spoilers. Read the review. Throughout the film, Suruli has...

Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens is a Netflix original Indonesian movie that explores the life of immigration, friendship, and the journey of finding a place...

This article discusses the ending of the Netflix film Fatherhood, so it will contain major spoilers. Netflix’s Fatherhood is based on the 2011 memoir Two Kisses for Maddy: A...

This article contains major spoilers as well as an open discussion of the Silver Skates ending. Silver Skates, a new Russian Netflix Original, is hardly...

This article discusses the In the Heights ending, so it will contain major spoilers.  Read the review. Jon M. Chu’s In the Heights, the summer...

In my review of Skater Girl, I note that everything about the film is feel-good. However, it falls victim to outside savior subplots. Nevertheless, the...

After a longer than necessary shot of a man cutting down a tree, Tragic Jungle starts slow until it switches to Agnes wandering through the...

This article contains major spoilers for the Awake ending. The film is now streaming on Netflix.  Even after audiences have finished watching Awake, it’s likely...

This article discusses the ending of the Netflix South Korean film Sweet & Sour, so it will contain major spoilers. Read the review. Sweet &...

Xtreme is essentially a story of revenge between two stepbrothers, one of whom is extremely jealous. Maximo has a happy family life with his son...