I wasn’t planning to watch this three episode documentary on Netflix since I thought the fantastic Woodstock ’99 on HBO last year covered the same bases. But I heard recently this one was good too, longer, and had additional footage … Continue reading
Resurrection is an unsettling film about deeply unsettling people anchored by three great performances. The movie stars Hall as strong, forthright doctor living alone with her seventeen year old daughter. But she has a troubled past that returns to her … Continue reading
Not Okay could also be called The Worst Person in the World. It’s a fascinating dive into internet clout and internet shame starring Zoey Deutch as an average, clueless, lonely young woman who decides she wants to go to Paris. … Continue reading
Don’t Make Me Go is an Amazon Prime original with an emotional time bomb at its core. You know it’s coming and you know it’s probably going to wreck you and the longer the movie goes and the longer you … Continue reading
I feel pretty late to the party on this one… but finally gave Hustle on Netflix the ol’ college try. And it wasn’t a burden or a chore afterall. Even as a devoted anti-fan of sportsball, I really enjoyed it. … Continue reading
Two suicidal life-long friends agree to off each other… but before they take their lives on their last day, they live their last day. What a grim idea for a movie that is, in fact, quite grim. But that’s surprisingly … Continue reading
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a fun, trippy flick that throws it all at the screen, confident that this is gonna work. And I think it does work… though they don’t have to sell me on the … Continue reading
Even by Richard Linklater’s sometimes shaggy standards of what makes a narrative film, this movie is barely a movie. More of a memory or animated documentary about what it was like growing up in the space age of the 1960s. … Continue reading
For the longest time, I felt disconnected from this film. Alienated. I thought it felt cold and removed, emotionless like a Vulcan had directed a human drama. And I was puzzled that it has gotten so many good reviews. But … Continue reading
This Batman is not a continuation of any previous Batman movies and is also not an origin story. When the film opens, Bats has been batting men for two years and already has a tentative working relationship with Gordon and … Continue reading