May December is about a sleazy tabloid topic that’s too smart and too subtle to be about what it’s about. On the one hand, it’s quiet and introspective and then it delivers a soundtrack that suggests its 200% more melodramatic … Continue reading
Curse this fuzzy little movie, I swore to myself I wouldn’t fall for its manipulative charms. I didn’t know what form they would take, but after Paddington and The Boy, The Horse, The Fox, and the Mole exhibited a certain … Continue reading
I’m thrilled I didn’t have the slightest clue what this movie was going in. I just knew it had buzz. When it begins at Oxford with a golden boy and an average guy, I wondered if it was going to … Continue reading
I hesitated to watch Nyad. How interesting can they possibly make swimming a lot? Plus I skipped that recent Netflix free diving documentary proving my whole theory: I must not like water sports (ahem). But the pull of Jody Foster … Continue reading
Radical is a very familiar story told well. You’ve probably seen it before… a teacher from the outside arrives at a struggling school and helps the downtrodden, uninspired kids. This concerns the old guard, the corrupt, and the parents but … Continue reading
Priscilla, as a movie about the woman and not The King, not only has a noticeable dearth of Elvis songs but also assumes you know an awful lot about the guy coming in. Perhaps too much…. I can imagine someone … Continue reading
Pain Hustlers stars Emily Blunt and Chris Evans as a pair of prescription drug pain med peddlers. It shows how maybe some good intentions almost got in the way of all that money. Only in America, amiright? I watched this … Continue reading
The Persian Version is a multigenerational immigrant story that bites off a huge chunk of content that maybe it doesn’t have time to swallow. It primarily (usually) follows the Iranian-American daughter of immigrant parents and how she relates to her … Continue reading
The Marsh King’s Daughter partially takes place in the marshlands of Northern Michigan. When they mentioned this, I frowned… I thought it was set in Louisiana or somewhere more typical of a swampy area in the US. I grew up … Continue reading
I saw the original Caine Mutiny starring Humphry Bogart so long ago I can’t remember the details so watching this remake was a pleasure. I love this kind of stage-play passion… a fiery, dramatic actors’ movie. The film is about … Continue reading