Warning: This review contains plot spoilers. Those who want to avoid in-depth plot points prior to viewing should save this review and read it only after viewing. Somewhere during the… Continue reading "The Idea of You (Showalter, 2024)"
“Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.” _- Abraham… Continue reading "Civil War (Garland, 2024)"
The Long Game is like a large balloon tethered to the earth by a long but strong rope. It flies high enough, and it occasionally pulls against the constraints keeping… Continue reading "The Long Game (Quintana, 2024)"
I haven’t seen a Hallmark film in years, and I find myself largely indifferent to the charms of Bridgerton, the most prominent example of mixed-race casting I can think of… Continue reading "Sense and Sensibility (2024)"
Few critical cliches make me grind my teeth more than “I wanted to like it,” but I don’t know where else to go in a review for this film. Bob… Continue reading "Bob Marley: One Love (Green, 2024)"
The Teachers’ Lounge is a nasty little mousetrap of a movie. It is one of those films where circumstances spiral from bad to worse while basically well-intentioned people get more… Continue reading "The Teachers’ Lounge (Çatak, 2023)"
For nigh on ten years now, I have been telling all of my friends, most of my acquaintances, and anyone else who would listen: “This isn’t Christianity. This is not… Continue reading "God & Country (Partland, 2024)"
Fantastic. I truly enjoyed African Giants and would recommend it to anyone with at least one sibling or anyone who might come from a place where a different emphasis is… Continue reading "African Giants (Kamara, 2024)"
For just a moment in the first act of the new Hunger Games movie, it looked like the franchise was going to give President Snow the full Darth Vader treatment,… Continue reading "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Lawrence, 2023)"
I am not positive that Wish is that much worse than the average Disney fare, but I can say with confidence that it is the least I’ve enjoyed a Disney… Continue reading "Wish (Buck and Veerasunthorn, 2023)"
