First Responders (Åreakuten) is a show squarely in the MHz Choice wheelhouse. The work-centered drama focuses on a half-dozen or so characters working at a medical trauma center in Sweden.… Continue reading "First Responders (Åreakuten) — Season 1"
Here are five nice things I can say about the people involved in the production of Firestarter: Writer Scott Teems did a great documentary about Hal Holbrook playing Mark Twain… Continue reading "Firestarter (Thomas, 2022)"
I’ve been a Koreeda fan ever since I picked up a VHS tape of Maborosi (1995) from the sale bin of a video outlet. When I started attending the Toronto… Continue reading "Air Doll (Koreeda, 2009)"
I have been writing the same review of Erwin films for nearly a decade, so here it is: better than it has to be but not as good as it… Continue reading "American Underdog (Erwin and Erwin, 2021)"
Both Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith are listed as Executive Producers of The Jesus Music. While not disqualifying, this fact may go a way to explaining why the film… Continue reading "The Jesus Music (Erwin and Erwin, 2021)"
For twenty to thirty minutes, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story glides along on the strength of choreography and snappy (no pun intended) visual storytelling. Almost, I was convinced. But dissatisfaction… Continue reading "West Side Story (Spielberg, 2021)"
The Last Duel is a big, new, studio film that is neither franchise, reboot, nor sequel. It comes at a point where everyone, even some of my friends who are… Continue reading "The Last Duel (Scott, 2021)"
I spent most of my time watching The Eyes of Tammy Faye trying to convince myself that the film was better than I ultimately judged it to be. Why the… Continue reading "The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Showalter, 2021)"
The most misleading word in the title of Lisa Immordino Vreeland’s new documentary profile of two of America’s most influential 20th-century writers may very well be “and.” Those with a… Continue reading "Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (Vreeland, 2021)"
When I was an undergraduate student several decades ago, I took a General Education class in “Social Problems” and was assigned to do a book report. I picked a book… Continue reading "A Once and Future Peace (Metzgar, 2021)"
