Reviews
Movie Review: Last Flag Flying
Dialogue in film can be tricky. Whether the screenwriter is trying to lay out exposition or have an emotional moment between two characters, the nuanc...[Read More]
Movie Review: Goodbye Christopher Robin
This is not a children’s story about a child. It’s an adult story about a family. Goodbye Christopher Robin illuminates the rather gloomy profile of a...[Read More]
Movie Review: Killing Gunther
In the movie review business, you see films that make you think and inspire you to greater things. There are films that leave you with your jaw droppe...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Florida Project
Right off the bat, The Florida Project is a curious juxtaposition. As the film begins, viewers are blinded by alarmingly bright pastel scenery—lilac i...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Snowman
From Silence of the Lambs (1991), to Zodiac (2007), to Se7en (1995), detective thrillers can prove to be a great escape for the moviegoing audience. I...[Read More]
Movie Review: American Assassin
Hollywood has fallen in love with numerous spy superstars throughout its history. James Bond, Jason Bourne, and even Ethan Hunt are all memorable spy ...[Read More]
Movie Review: Dunkirk
“There’s no hiding from this, son,” Mr. Dawson (Mark Rylance) warns Cillian Murphy’s character after he is rescued at sea. Dawson is referring to the ...[Read More]
Movie Review: Baby Driver
Baby Driver is a fun movie that does not disappoint. Ansel Elgort stars as Baby, and he is captivating. The character is very eccentric, having been i...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Beguiled
The Beguiled is as surprising and thought-provoking a film as an exquisitely pruned rose bush flourishing atop a bitter iceberg. It’s elegant. It’s me...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Journey
Nick Hamm’s The Journey is not a typical biopic or historical drama. Many of these films fail with the viewer immediately questioning the movie’s veri...[Read More]
Movie Review: Transformers: The Last Knight
I’ll get this out of the way now: Transformers: The Last Knight is by far the worst movie of the year, and quite possibly, of the last few years. It’s...[Read More]
Movie Review: 47 Meters Down
Movies set in one location can be tricky. Films like Phone Booth (2002), Buried (2010), and arguably the best of the bunch, Locke (2013), know how to ...[Read More]