I’d rather eat wet take-out food than see this pandemic bomb again. “Songbird” is a cynical and depressing vision about COVID-19 lasting for years. The story takes place in Los Angeles, 4 […]
Songbird
Black Bear
Aubrey Plaza roars in the film within a film. “Black Bear” is a different kind of independent film, because of how it distinguishes between scenes and filming the actual scenes. This could […]
Freaky
This body swap horror comedy goes for the kill. We’ve all seen movies about switching bodies around. For example: there were both versions of “Freaky Friday” with Jodie Foster switching bodies with […]
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 […]
Spell
This voodoo version of “Misery” has its ups and downs. Last July, I panned the “Fatal Attraction” rip-off “Fatal Affair,” for using an African-American theme as an excuse to be made. And […]
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 Trial of the Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin’s best film in years, period. The next opus from writer/director Aaron Sorkin is called “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” It’s one of the best courtroom dramas I’ve ever seen-one […]
Antebellum
The latest movie battle on modern day racism is a cop out. Janelle Monae plays a slave named Eden, and a successful author, sociologist, and activist named Veronica Henley in “Antebellem,” the […]
The Devil All The Time
An acclaimed novel gets a riveting and dangerous movie version on Netflix. It’s not often we get to hear authors narrating the movie version of their acclaimed books. “The Devil All The […]
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
A bizarre, strange, and absorbing experience from Charlie Kaufman. When you’re in a dark, snowy environment, you can tell something weird or sinister is afoot. It applied to “The Shining,” “The Thing,” […]
