Posts Tagged ‘Movie Reviews’

Tar

October 4, 2022

Todd Field’s elegant and compelling drama is an of the moment look at power and its abuse. It’s a great, relevant piece of writing, brought to unshakeable life by a terrific cast, led by the inimitable Cate Blanchett.

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Triangle of Sadness

October 2, 2022

It’s all fun and games until the s**t literally hits the fan.

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The Good House

September 27, 2022

Any movie that lets us spend time with Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline can’t be all bad.

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Bros

September 26, 2022

Billy Eichner’s gay romantic comedy is a lot of things. It’s funny, it’s sweet, it’s bold and it is purposely very much of the moment. And while some may celebrate its very existence, what I appreciated the most were some of the quieter, more unexpected notes, observations that don’t take a pass on the truth of LGBTQ+ life as it is, right now.

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Don’t Worry Darling

September 22, 2022

There’s something interesting buried deep in this utopian mystery. But watching the Hitchcockian thriller without Hitchcock pulling the strings made me feel as if I didn’t give a spit.

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Confess, Fletch

September 14, 2022

Movie capers are fun. Fletch, the mystery novel and film adaptation series, is fun. Happily, the newest spin on all of this, well that’s fun, too.

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July 12, 2022

Where the Crawdads Sing

You have to feel for the team tasked with bringing this immensely popular novel to the screen. Because I can’t help but assume this movie will leave fans disappointed. And I’m not quite sure why anyone else would be excited about seeing it at all.

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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris.

July 11, 2022

Thanks to some slyly plush storytelling and even better performances from Lesley Manville and Isabelle Huppert, what could have sufficed as a sweet charmer delivers a whole lot more.

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Acidman

June 18, 2022

I wanted to see this estranged father daughter drama because I am a long time fan of Thomas Haden Church. I come away from it now also a big fan of Dianna Agron.

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June 7, 2022

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

As much as I wanted to enjoy this modest production about the most immodest thing of all, sexuality, I couldn’t help but feel a little let down.

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