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)"
Dark Obsession is about a young woman named Anne, who is a painter, struggling with her decisions and acts regarding her husband, Henry, who has mysteriously disappeared. I had high… Continue reading "Dark Obsession (Horton, 2023)"
When I heard that there would be a second season of this French television serial, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. I liked Paris Police 1900. But I… Continue reading "Paris Police 1905"
I enjoyed The Marvels more than I anticipated for a reason I didn’t expect: Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel. Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) has mostly struck me as Superman without… Continue reading "The Marvels (DaCosta, 2023)"
Disclaimer: I am not well-versed in the art industry or world so I am going off of my own opinions and beliefs regarding my comments on artistic matters. Additionally, this… Continue reading "The Kill Room (Paone, 2023)"
It’s not so much that those who forget the past repeat it; it’s that those who never foreground the past forget what they already know. In America, we know —… Continue reading "A Binding Truth (Woehrle, 2023)"
Hayride to Hell, in my opinion, has a well-defined plot with an air of mystery. It opens like any other innocent Halloweentown (Dunham, 1998) film, clearly set around Halloween and… Continue reading "Hayride to Hell (Lantz, 2022)"
Nyad is a story so spectacularly unbelievable that were it not true, I would most likely be chiding the filmmakers for being irresponsible. Glorifying the swimmer’s quest to swim from… Continue reading "Nyad (Chin and Vasarhelyi, 2023)"
Killers of the Flower Moon is a new film from Martin Scorsese, which means the first, maybe only, question is whether it is a favorite to win Best Picture. The… Continue reading "Killers of the Flower Moon (Scorsese, 2023)"
