The Silent Girl is a movie about quiet little moments, a thoughtful, sweet, sometimes sad little number that doesn’t have great ambitions. It just wants to be human and humane and humble. It’s about a quiet Irish girl who is … Continue reading
A faith-based film that doesn’t have problems because of a low budget, amateur direction, cheap production values, disingenuous argument, or a misplaced persecution complex? No, this is a well-produced film that suffers from the usual problems a lot of films … Continue reading
I get what EO was doing with its languorous, chaotic, random, and uneventful vignettes. A donkey-eye view of whatever random things happen around it that largely just represent little human stories and ways in which humans treat animals. The flick … Continue reading
Personally, I’m more of a Charlotte. More of a Jane Eyre than a Wuthering Heights… but that’s neither here nor there in this tale of Emily Bronte and how she eventually got around to writing Wuthering Heights. I probably should … Continue reading
When You Finish Saving the World is about a deluded but mediocre teen who wants to make music for his online followers. It’s also about his mom who helps run a woman’s shelter but can’t connect with her son. The … Continue reading
The Strays is about a posh suburban English woman whose comfortable life starts to unravel when people from her past show up. She’s a light-skinned black woman married to a white man, they have two children… the newcomers are darker … Continue reading
Sharper is a new drama/thriller on Apple TV+. It stars Justice Smith, newcomer Brianna Middleton, Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, and John Lithgow as a variety of rich people and scammers in a complex, twisty, non-linear film about confidence men. And … Continue reading
I don’t have a strong record of enjoying the past movies in this franchise… I wanted to like the first one but didn’t. And the second just double-down on the skeevy bump ‘n grind… but who am I to complain? … Continue reading
I learned about this movie from its interviews… Anna Kendrick saying she wanted to play a role that didn’t rely on her being adorable. And Anna Kendrick is naturally adorable so I support her choice to go darker, to add … Continue reading
I’m afraid to admit that this Netflix flick crashed through my defenses and eventually – eventually – won me over. It’s a bit manipulative (call it drama, call it suspense) but it’s such a winning, good-natured film that I have … Continue reading