My Spidey Senses are Tingling: this franchise explodes. “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” was one of the best animated films I’ve ever seen. It was one that combined all animation techniques into one […]
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Master Gardener
Paul Scharder sure knows how to plant this garden. “Master Gardener” is the latest film from Paul Schrader, who knows characters and tension when he sees them. As demonstrated in “Taxi Driver,” […]
You Hurt My Feelings
You don’t need marriage counseling to read these people. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her “Enough Said” director Nicole Holofcener both make another worthy collaboration in “You Hurt My Feelings,” a dramedy that knows […]
The Little Mermaid (2023)
This Disney remake sinks and swims. I’ve met Jodi Benson twice in my life, and told her both she and Ariel were beautiful, and she couldn’t be anymore delightful towards me and […]
Sanctuary
A toxic relationship like no other. “Sanctuary” is a movie that had me thinking long after it was over. I wasn’t sure what the dominatrix wanted or why she was torturing her […]
White Men Can’t Jump
Slam dunks and technical fowls collide in this reboot. The 1992 “White Men Can’t Jump” is one of the most stylish and smartest basketball comedies with Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes as […]
Monica
This couldn’t be more respectful to this young transgender’s drama. Trace Lysette is a transgender actress, who gives one of the best on-screen performances in “Monica,” a film too sentimental for her […]
The Starling Girl
Is it puberty or the devil talking? Good question. “The Starling Girl” is something I’ve been curious about since I’ve seen it at the Sundance Film Festival. Writer/director Laurel Parmet makes her […]
Blackberry
A movie you should text and talk about. “BlackBerry” is another brutally funny and consistently entertaining biopic about an idea that transcended from cynicism to success after Ben Affleck’s “Air.” That was […]
The Eight Mountains
Like a cup of fresh mountain air. People suffers from altitude sickness if they go higher on the mountains, but there’s plenty of oxygen in “The Eight Mountains.” Husband and wife filmmakers […]
