Month: January 2025
Presence Combines the Paranormal with Drama For An Interesting Concept
Famed director Steven Soderbergh has returned to cinemas with an interesting new horror concept. Presence introduces us to the Payne family as they move into a new home. The family’s matriarch Rebecca (Lucy Liu) views it as an…
Read More »Top Performances of 2024
In anticipation of tomorrow’s Oscar nominations announcement, we here at CinemaBabel have compiled our top picks for 2024’s best in film performances both in front of and behind the camera. See how our picks stack up against the…
Read More »Magnetic Performances Make Unstoppable The Feel Good Film of 2024 (Middleburg Film Festival)
Based on a true story, Unstoppable introduces us to high school wrestler Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome) who lives with his mother Judy (Jennifer Lopez), stepfather Rick (Bobby Canavale), and his siblings. Anthony has dreams of wrestling on the…
Read More »Wolf Man Lacks Bite Where It Needed It
******************This review contains a major spoiler********************* Following the unsuccessful attempt at launching a cinematic universe of its legendary monsters, Universal Pictures went back to the drawing board and outsourced the attempt at modernizing the iconic terrors to indie…
Read More »The Brutalist is a Big, Epic Cinematic Swing (Middleburg Film Festival)
I am sure by now if you’re the type to pay attention to film awards or the buzz around fall film releases, you’ve heard the hype surrounding The Brutalist. Because it is a smaller independent film, its release…
Read More »Top Films of 2024
2024 was yet another trying year for American cinema. While it did mark the one year anniversary of the end of 2023’s Writers Guild of America strike, the residual effects of the nearly five-month long work stoppage could…
Read More »Maria is All About Angelina (Middleburg Film Festival)
Director Pablo Larraín has finally delivered his final film in his informal trilogy documenting the tumultuous periods in the lives of famous women in the 20th century. Beginning with 2016’s Jackie and continuing with 2021’s Spencer, both of…
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Pamela Anderson Shines in The Last Showgirl (Middleburg Film Festival)
The passage of time, particularly for women, has been a theme in 2024’s film slate and the movies that explore this have been buoyed by notable performances from star actress past who have moved onto their latter life…
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