RZA’s latest directing job is more aggravating than poetic. You know Quentin Tarantino had something to do with “One Spoon of Chocolate,” if he adds some Red Apple Cigarettes, white characters dropping […]
One Spoon of Chocolate
Animal Farm
This animated movie is a pigsty. I’ve read George Orwell’s book “Animal Farm” and watched the 1954 animated feature in high school, and believe me, this is not grade school stuff. This […]
Ricky
A riveting prison drama that takes place after time in prison. “Ricky” was the last film I watched virtually from the Sundance Film Festival last year, and this year, I was given […]
Fuze
A pretzel of a heist and bomb thriller. A decade ago, David Mackenzie made one of the best bank heist movies of all time called “Hell or High Water.” A decade later, […]
Michael
No one wants to be defeated in this solid MJ biopic. My earliest Michael Jackson memory was on my late grandmother’s “Free Willy” VHS tape, which had his music video “Will You […]
Mother Mary
What pop stars deal with in the A24 world. Anne Hathaway plays a Sia, Taylor Swift, and Lady Gaga pop star named Mother Mary, who is going through an existential crisis and […]
Omaha
We’ll stop for gas, and then push on to where this trip goes. When I saw “Tuner” with my cousins at the Boulder International Film Festival, they were conflicted by the ending […]
I Swear
Don’t be offended by the 4-star words out of his mouth. Here’s the opening to “I Swear.” Everyone is getting ready to see the Queen of England award John Davidson, who has […]
Mabel
An independent film with a green thumb. That would be twice this season I’ve reviewed a movie with a name Mabel and a girl who loves her environment more than other people […]
The Christophers
A Steven Soderbergh portrait with my name on it. That would be two years in a row that Steven Soderbergh has made a movie set in London and has the right kind […]
