I’m not sure how accurate “Mary Queen of Scots” is, based on the characters, race, and narrative. Did Mary Stuart have an African American ambassador? Did Queen Elizabeth have an Asian Lady […]
Mary Queen of Scots
Never Look Away
The real art in “Never Look Away” is patience. This German import, which has been entered in the Oscars for the Best Foreign Language nomination, runs for 3 hours, and ergo, it […]
First Man
In honor of NASA’s 60th anniversary, Universal Pictures offered advanced screenings of “First Man” a week early, and I was lucky to attend. It’s director Damien Chazelle’s adaptation of the landing on […]
The Favourite
I know we’re in a dark situation, what with Bret Kavanaugh being under hot water for the sexual allegations and Bill Cosby finally getting what’s coming to him, but I was actually […]
Colette
Keira Knightley and Dominic West both give some of their finest performances in “Colette,” a period drama, which tries and fails to hold its anger on anti-feminism during the dawn of the […]
Operation Finale
I wasn’t expecting much out of “Operation Finale,” a post WWII drama about the arrest and persecution of one of the Holocaust masterminds Adolf Eichmann (1906-1962). But as I sat down watching […]
Chappaquiddick
These days, some political dramas don’t really need Oliver Stone or Steven Spielberg to retell the truth about corruption in the past. We can sometimes rely on other filmmakers or Indie distributors […]
The Death of Stalin
It’s not often I say this in my reviews, in fact, I don’t think I’ve ever said it in my reviews, but “The Death of Stalin” is wickedly funny. It’s a political […]
The 15:17 to Paris
I was on a tight schedule, given that no Thursday night screenings of “The 15:17 to Paris” or “Peter Rabbit” were given, which is why I’m late with these reviews. But I […]
12 Strong
An unorthodox thing happened to me while I was watching “12 Strong.” I had a stomach ache, and I had to use the bathroom, so I missed a few parts of it. […]
