A romantic comedy that’s stranger than fiction. You’ve probably haven’t heard of the new romantic comedy “Long Weekend,” of its one-minute trailer premiering a few weeks earlier, and it’s vague plot summary […]
Long Weekend
Raya and the Last Dragon
Disney’s latest is a rousing, comical, and beautiful animated feature. “Raya and the Last Dragon” is the first Disney Princess animated feature since “Brave” to cut back on the singing and romance […]
Moxie
Amy Poehler’s latest comedy fights against anti-feminism. Amy Poehler directs and co-stars in “Moxie,” a “Mean Girls” type comedy made for Netflix that fights against sexism and anti-feminism at a local high […]
My Salinger Year
The two fine leads are upstaged by these typos in the script. Margaret Qualley is Andie MacDowell’s daughter, who has earned more attention with her role in “Once Upon a Time in […]
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Andra Day sings her heart out as Billie Holiday. The first film to tell singer Billie Holiday’s story was “Lady Sings the Blues” in 1972, starring Diana Ross as Lady Day, Billy […]
Crisis
A drug picture that is both sober and overdosed. Other critics have been comparing “Crisis” to Steven Soderbergh’s “Traffic,” because it also uses a star-studded cast to focus on the war on […]
My Zoe
Much a cloning experiment about nothing much. “My Zoe” is the 7th film the wonderful Julie Delpy has directed (other films include “2 Days in Paris” and 2 Days in New York”), […]
The Father
Anthony Hopkins delivers another exceptional performance as a man losing his mind. “The Father,” starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman, is a much more powerful dramatization of the affects of dementia than […]
Silk Road
“The Social Network” it’s not, but bold and interesting it is. I’ve never even heard of the Silk Road dark web site before, but when the movie “Silk Road” came to mind, […]
The World To Come
A lesbian romance is expressed through life and poetry. “Take “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” and “Ammonite,” and you’re able to see the passion inside these lesbian dramas. They may have […]
