The first chapter of Steve McQueen’s mini-series is nothing short of spectacular. Director Steve McQueen, best known for making “Shame,” “12 Years a Slave,” and the wildly under-appreciated “Widows” has made a […]
Small Axe: Mangrove
Sound of Metal
See and hear this gripping drama through the ears of a deaf drummer. I’m not a rocker or a musician, but I do know for a fact that those who are must […]
Hillbilly Elegy
Ron Howard’s latest feels like an anger management session. The performances in Ron Howard’s new movie “Hillbilly Elegy” are excellent, but the movie has to be overdosed on the anger and yelling. […]
Come Away
It’s easier to live in the fantasy world than it is in the real world. “Come Away” is the next artisan film this year to channel on the “Peter Pan” story after […]
The Climb
A friendship becomes complicated in this weird, but humorous comedy Sony Pictures Classics and Monmouth Arts occasionally offers a special screening of one of their films. “The Climb,” which is set to […]
Let Him Go
Now this is one Hell of a family feud. The new Neo-western drama “Let Him Go,” stars Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, and Lesley Manville in three gripping performances in a movie uses […]
The Informer
Yet another run-of-the-mill police drama, and this one got delayed. Do we really need another formulaic informant drama? Do we need more dirty agents and more sappy family dramas in this particular […]
Synchronic
Pop these pills and then get Back to the Future. Recently, I praised Christopher Nolan’s time-traveling epic “Tenet” for showing me a dazzling visual world of what happens when you travel through […]
Come Play
An autistic child gets stalked by a storybook monster in emotional and scary horror flick. “Come Play” is the first horror movie with an autistic child as the main protagonist. I’ve seen […]
The Craft: Legacy
A cult hit gets an emotionally bewitching sequel. “The Craft” from 1996 was a teen supernatural horror film that became cult hit over the years. The original stared Robin Tunney as a […]
