Film Review: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
byFor the third time in under forty years film fans are sitting down to watch the end of a Star Wars trilogy. The ninth…
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Film Review: Aladdin (2019)
byFew things got me as excited as seeing the 2019 Disney release schedule which consisted of the following: Mary Poppins Returns, Captain Marvel, Dumbo,…
Film Review: Second Act (2018)
byChristmas approaches and with it, a slew of feel-good films. Some good, some bad, some utter catastrophes. Second Act, directed by Peter Segal, falls…
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: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
byIt’s a common complaint that cinema has nothing new to offer these days. And that’s wrong, because if you care to expand your viewing…
Film Review: Breathe (2017)
byWhat kind of film do you imagine when you hear the words “Andy Serkis‘ directorial debut”? The man who was at the vanguard of…
Film Review: Ferdinand (2017)
byAll credit to 20th Century Fox. Any studio that opens an animated film on the same day as the new Star Wars is either…
Film Review: Wonder (2017)
byBased on the novel of the same name by R.J. Palacio, Wonder focuses on Auggie Pullman (Jacob Tremblay), a fifth-grader going to school for…
Film Review: The Dark Tower (2017)
byThe Dark Tower is not a movie where you can leave your brain at the door and be bombarded with special effects spectacle. It…
Film Review: Logan Lucky (2017)
byIn 2001 Steven Soderbergh mastered the heist film with his suave and deceptively clever Ocean’s Eleven. But it only took him three years to forget…