‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ MOVIE REVIEW: Barry Jenkins Delivers an Impressive Follow-Up to ‘Moonlight’
Another assured, emotional film from the ‘Moonlight’ Oscar winner.
January 2019
‘Polar’ MOVIE REVIEW: Netflix’s Mads Mikkelsen Actioner is a Tone-Deaf Mix of Crass and Gore
Doesn’t know whether to make you laugh or scream, so it tries, and fails, at both.
‘On the Basis of Sex’ MOVIE REVIEW: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biopic Compels, Despite a Heavy Hand
As a history lesson, it can be compelling, but overwrought emotions and cliches aren’t necessary with a message this clear.
‘FYRE’ REVIEW: Netflix Documentary Offers One Hell of a Look at the Festival That Wasn’t
A deep, very well-crafted look at an epic scam, and one that will rightly have you infuriated.
‘IO’ MOVIE REVIEW: Netflix Sci-Fi Movie Wastes One and a Half Hours of Your Time on Earth
Margaret Qualley and Anthony Mackie star in one heck of a pointless venture.
‘Vice’ MOVIE REVIEW: Biased Cheney Biopic Bogged Down with Mockery & Caricature
A complex period of politics and controversial decision-makers reduced to satire and frivolity.
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‘Mary Queen of Scots’ MOVIE REVIEW: Fascinating History Gets the Soap Treatment
Ignores genuinely interesting details in favour of scandal and melodrama, as well as annoying thinly-veiled social commentary.
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‘Green Book’ MOVIE REVIEW: Mahershala Ali Shines Through Murky Racial Sermons
It’s charming and crowd-pleasing, but its angle on race relations does get a little icky.
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‘Witchfinder General’ (aka ‘The Conqueror Worm’): The 1968 Shocker Still Packs a Wallop
It hates everything. It hates you. It is a movie that revels in its own cynicism.
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