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Monkey Man: More Story Driven Than Action Packed But Largely Works
The journey of Dev Patel’s directorial debut Monkey Man has been an interesting one. Originally slated for a streaming only release, the film ended up at Universal following famed director Jordan Peele seeing it and believing in its…
Read More »Love Lies Bleeding: Performances From Its Stars Can’t Overcome The Film’s Choices
Rose Glass has written and directed a few highly touted indie films, the most recent being 2019’s Saint Maud, and now she returns to multiplexes with a new Romantic thriller that involves drama, love, and violence. Love Lies…
Read More »Drive-Away Dolls’ Campiness is Mildly Entertaining, But Not Enough to Elevate It
While his brother Joel was able to branch out with 2021’s superb The Tragedy of Macbeth, now it’s Ethan Coen’s turn to take a run at a solo venture in the director’s chair away from their legendary partnership…
Read More »The Spice Flows – Dune: Part Two is a Striking Cinematic Achievement
After a delay caused by the twin Hollywood strikes for a chunk of last year, the long anticipated sequel to Dune is upon us as director Denis Villeneuve’s next installment hits multiplexes nationwide. He looks to build upon…
Read More »Argylle’s Twists and Turns Elevate It From Descending Into Total Cliche
Director Matthew Vaughn has returned with his latest action packed film. Argylle introduces us to author Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) who writes the best-selling spy novel series of the same name about a secret agent who’s on a mission…
Read More »Origin: A Hashtag Important Film
Following a critically claimed documentary series on Netflix, director Ava DuVernay returns to the big screen with another look at race and discrimination. Based on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Pulitzer Prize winning author Isabel…
Read More »The Book of Clarence Can’t Fully Execute Its Ambitions
Director Jaymes Samuel knocked it out of the park with 2021’s The Harder They Fall making his feature length debut on Netflix to good critical reception and a splash on social media. Three years later, he’s ready to make his first…
Read More »Radical Shows That Sentiment Can Still Be Impactful (Sundance Film Festival)
On the surface, Radical would seem to be too much of the same to be an entertaining film; a sentimental film about a hopeful, enthusiastic teacher that must overcome systemic and administrative obstacles to reach the hard scrabble…
Read More »Fairyland is a Sweet Tale of Recognizing Our Parents’ Humanity (Sundance Film Festival)
As we’re guided through childhood by our parents, we often believe that they have all the answers we would ever need about how to navigate life. They can gain access to things we can’t, explain concepts that elude…
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Shirley Documents The Audacity of Self Belief
Forty-four years before Hillary Clinton’s historic run for President, one Congresswoman had the audacity to try her hand at the biggest political office on the planet. Shirley documents the historic 1972 Presidential campaign of black U.S. congresswoman Shirley…
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