Cynthia Erivo leads a drama that’s missing essence. As “Drift” begins, we meet Jacqueline (Cynthia Erivo), a Liberian refugee from a war-torn West Africa, who wanders around the Greek Islands, penniless and […]
Drift
The Taste of Things
A vivid French drama with the right ingredients. Juliette Binochet and Benoit Magimel used to be romantic partners from 1998 to 2003, even having a daughter together, and co-starring in “The Children […]
Perfect Days
Win Wenders’ love letter to the wise, old, cassette loving janitor. The life of a janitor in Tokyo is simple. He gets up, freshens up, sprays his plants, puts his “Tokyo Toilet” […]
The Promised Land
Mads Mikkelsen fights for his land of opportunity. “The Promised Land” is a near powerful Danish film about determination overshadowing what starts off as cynicism and becomes malice. The original title is […]
Suncoast
A sunny movie with heartbreaking family drama. Coming of age stories have their own rules. They have their conflicts, life lessons, and behaviors that are based on different generations. But they also […]
Masters of the Air
A WWII epic made perfectly as a streaming series. “Masters of the Air” is a made-for-AppleTV+ series that’s something made perfectly for WWII fans. It focuses on the 100th Bomb Group during […]
Sometimes I Think About Dying
I’m dreaming of death in the workplace. In the new Indie romantic dramedy “Sometimes I Think About Dying,” Daisy Ridley plays a socially awkward officer worker named Fran, who barely says anything […]
The Kitchen
A Netflix movie about class and social order. Not to be confused with the Melissa McCarthy crime film “The Kitchen,” which I didn’t review. But rather the new made-for-Netflix Sci-Fi drama “The […]
Death and Other Details
The detective and his former client are the stars of this whodunit Hulu series. “Pay Attention. Details matter. If you want to solve a crime, any crime, you must first learn to […]
Driving Madeleine
A taxi ride that’s well worth your time. “Driving Madeleine” is obviously a French modern day version of “Driving Miss Daisy but without a black driver. Actually, this driver is two points […]
