Tag: Drama
Breaking Gives Light to Veterans’ Struggles in John Boyega’s Best Performance (Sundance Film Festival)
Everyone has their breaking point. We all have experienced feeling unappreciated and put upon by someone or something, especially when it comes to bureaucracies or other systems nationwide. Perhaps no group feels this more than America’s veterans, people…
Read More »Emily The Criminal Tensely Covers All the Bases of the Socioeconomic Plight of Millennials (Sundance Film Festival)
The plight of the Millennial generation is an oft discussed and written about topic in media. Having lived through world changing events, multiple recessions and economic catastrophes, and faced with an uncertain ecological future, the struggles these now…
Read More »Both Sides of the Blade Has Good Performances But Still Feels Slightly Disappointing
“When you love someone it never really goes away.” Another collaboration between director Claire Denis and Juliette Binochet, with 2021 sensation Titane’s Vincent Lindon added to the mix, sounds enticing enough for any film fanatic to give a…
Read More »Elvis’ Compelling Story Gets Lost in the Recreation of His Flashy Style
There is a lot of responsibility when telling the story of a beloved historical figure. Director Baz Luhrmann has accepted this challenge in depicting the life of perhaps one of the two most famous and celebrated musicians in…
Read More »Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack Charm in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (Sundance Film Festival)
Self-discovery is usually something that we associate with young adulthood, a time for exploration and finding out what makes us tick and what we like. But certain cultural mores and life’s roadblocks bring some to this point later…
Read More »Cha Cha Real Smooth is Charming and Effective (Sundance Film Festival)
The first foray into adulthood has always been a fraught time for human beings and our current generation of young adults are no different. The latest film from writer/director/actor Cooper Raiff takes a tender look at a young…
Read More »On The Count of Three Melds Humor and a Serious Examination of Depression and Hopelessness in Thrilling Fashion (Sundance Film Festival)
We currently live in a time where people nationwide are struggling through a myriad of problems, from financial to mental to a combination of many issues. These hard times are leading many on a path toward self destruction…
Read More »The Northman Balances Dense Story and Gory Action in an Exciting, Visually Impressive Action Flick
Robert Eggers has been on a critically acclaimed run the past few years with films like The Witch and The Lighthouse, art house indies with dense stories featuring notable performances from great actors. While critical darlings, these films…
Read More »Dual is an Absurdist Sci-Fi Dramedy That Just Misses Digging Deep Enough (Sundance Film Festival)
Dual introduces us to Sarah (Karen Gillan) who was recently diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease and is unsure how to process the news. As she deals with her coming death, Sarah decides to ease the pain…
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Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. Is a Satire Whose Flat Humor Undercuts It Entirely (Sundance Film Festival)
Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. aims to satirize how confining, empty, and hypocritical religion can be. Whether it be how it stifles human sexuality and women as an entire class with its with misogynistic tendencies, or how the…
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