Film Review: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
byThe Nutcracker ballet has long been a staple of children’s Christmas entertainment, offering a world of dolls, mice, and best of all, dancing sweets….
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Film Review: The Children Act (2017)
byIan McEwan’s penchant for fine storytelling is on display once more in The Children Act. Based on his novel of the same name, McEwan…
Film Review: Widows (2018)
byA film passes the Bechdel test when it meets three criteria: “(1) it has to have at least two women in it, who (2)…
Film Review: I Used to be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story (2018)
byFew things make people roll their eyes as much as a girl obsessed with a boyband. The crazy, screaming teenage girl who has lost…
Film Review: Wolfman’s Got Nards (2018)
byIn the current moment of popular culture there is no force more powerful than 1980s nostalgia. This isn’t too surprising, because as a general…
Film Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
byWatching with neck craned from the second row, it may be tempting to blame a middling response to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald…
Film Review: Fishbowl California (2018)
byFishbowl California is a tale of two very different lives intersecting at a time of mutual difficulty. Rodney (Steve Olson) is an unemployed manchild…
Film Review: Shoplifters (2018)
byShoplifters is a film with little subtext, overtones or hidden meanings. It’s a film that offers up its narrative and characters simply, and ruminates…
Film Review: The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
byRobert Redford’s alleged swan song film, The Old Man & The Gun, goes against the old adage: finish on a high note. Considering the…
Film Review: Roma (2018)
byRoma appears to be the biggest independent hit of this year. So avant-garde that Netflix is not only producing it, but giving it a…