Movies
Here is our archive of movie coverage, which includes reviews, explainers, features, lists, and more from the latest films.
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Brahms: The Boy II review – the sequel nobody expected
Brahms: The Boy II see the return of both director William Brent Bell and writer Stacey Menear, as they are joined by a new cast...
System Crasher review – an unconventional and powerful German drama
Exploring the result of trauma through the wailing, raging vessel of a 9-year-old girl played extraordinarily by Helena Zengel, writer-director Nora Fingscheidt’s System Crasher, new...
The Call of the Wild review- a fun family adventure that wishes it had sharper teeth
All movies that have dogs in them, real, digitally created, or both, should be graded on a curve. Consciously or unconsciously, but I’ve come to...
Buffaloed review – nothing but wings, genny, zubaz, just hold the loganberry
There is a scene in the middle of Buffaloed that completely sold me on Tanya Wexler’s dramedy about a tenacious young woman trying to make...
Isi and Ossi review – a moderately entertaining ‘will they? won’t they?’
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Netflix has bestowed upon us a charismatic romantic-comedy that offers audiences a reasonably pleasant watch with a typical ‘they...
To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You review – a worthy, entertaining postscript to its predecessor
With To All the Boys: PS I Still Love You, Netflix has a remarkable feat of alchemical filmmaking on its hands. Rarely does a romantic...
The Coldest Game review- a pawn in the side of the espionage genre
It’s a good thing they don’t play chess by candlelight otherwise Bill Pullman spontaneously combusts like a small batch of kindling. I cannot think of...
#cats_The_Mewvie review – a feature-length advert and an insufferable documentary
If #cats_The_Mewvie (hereafter just Cats The Mewvie, since I cannot physically bring myself to type that awful formatting more than once) were better, I might...
Grandma’s Wedding review – a predictable, largely unfunny Mexican comedy
New on Netflix today, not that you’d know it from the marketing, Grandma’s Wedding is a Mexican comedy about two highly dysfunctional families coming together on the...
Clemency review: Woodard is a force of nature in this deep, dark, and depressive dive
Initially, I felt Clemency would be a film that would have been better suited as a stage play off-Broadway since “The Great White Way” seems...
The Silent War aka Sordo review – a handsome Spanish thriller that loses its way
Sordo translates to “deaf”, which is as fitting a title as any for Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas’ The Silent War, in which a revolutionary accidentally deafened during a...
The Last Full Measure review – a noble, flawed effort
The Last Full Measure is a “let’s do the right thing” picture that lacks an overall filmmaking savvy, but makes up for it with well-earned based-on-a-true-story...
Sundance 2020: Documentary Pairs – Acasa, My Home and malni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
Both Acasa, My Home and malni–towards the ocean, towards the shore were seen at Sundance 2020. Check out all of our coverage from the festival....
Sundance 2020: Minari review – a caring, thoughtful, personal look into one family’s American dream
Sometimes, you can feel that the movie you’re watching is special. The moving images on the screen displayed in front of you resonate far beyond...
37 Seconds review – a heartwarming crowd-pleaser with an unconvincing climax
Freedom comes in many forms, and for 23-year-old Yuma (Mei Kayama), a manga artist confined to a wheelchair and without control of the muscles in...
Sundance 2020: Luxor review – a quiet trip on the Nile down memory lane
There are certain places in the world that contain an element of past experiences, holy grounds that have been visited for thousands of years. When...
Sundance 2020: Dinner In America review – messy, warm, and unapologetically punk
During the first 15 minutes of Adam Rehmeier’s Dinner in America, you think you understand what kind of movie you’re watching. Profane language, racial and homophobic...
Color Out of Space review – Nicolas Cage shines in this trippy nightmare
Color Out of Space comes as the return of director Richard Stanley 28 years after his last feature-length directorial venture, as well as since his...