“He’s the only one of you who doesn’t hate himself.” So says Mantis (Pom Klementieff) about Drax (Dave Bautista), in one of those character-developing moments that helps explain what makes… Continue reading "Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 (Gunn, 2023)"
Nana Mensah’s Queen of Glory combines elements of three familiar stories: the immigrant experience, the grief experience, and the anthropological look at a religious community. Mensah plays Sarah Obeng, a… Continue reading "Queen of Glory (Mensah, 2022)"
Right about the time that André tells his daughter Emmanuèle (Sophie Marceau) that he wants her help terminating his post-stroke life on his own terms, the plot of Everything Went… Continue reading "Everything Went Fine (Ozon, 2021)"
If I were younger or less secure in my position as a film critic, I would probably spend more time trying to emphasize that I went into The Super Mario… Continue reading "The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Horvath, Jelenic, and Leduc, 2023)"
Alex (Kyle Allen) claims to be in training for a privatized expedition to Mars that will cause him, if selected, to leave everyone he knows on earth behind. His family… Continue reading "Space Oddity (Sedgwick, 2022)"
All I have to say about Honor Among Thieves is that I enjoyed it in a Saturday matinee kind of way. Since that leaves me anywhere from 350 to 750… Continue reading "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Daley & Goldstein, 2023)"
Those in a generous mood will probably call Last Sentinel a genre mashup, but I’m not altogether sure the film itself knows what it is going for. Part Waterworld, part… Continue reading "Last Sentinel (Toom, 2023)"
Your appreciation for and assessment of Amerikatsi may well depend upon whether your point of reference is Charlie Chaplin or Forrest Gump. There is no question that writer/director/star Michael A.… Continue reading "Amerikatsi (Goorjian, 2022)"
A stern and demanding mom is teaching her young daughter how to free dive in the ocean. The child is tired…or scared…or both, so to incentivize her, mom holds a… Continue reading "Blueback (Connoly, 2022)"
“They all want to be writers and none of them like to read…” A Little White Lie takes place at a fictional university where faculty think that having a J.D.… Continue reading "A Little White Lie (Maren, 2023)"
