Saturday, April 20, 2024

Movie Reviews

Movie Review: ‘The Banishing’ Uses Shame as Commentary

Director: Christopher Smith Writers: David Beton, Ray Bogdanovich, and Dean Lines Stars: Jessica Brown Findlay, John Heffernan, Anya McKenna-Bruce Synopsis: The Banishing tells the story of the most haunted house in England. In the 1930s,...

Movie Review: ‘Knock at the Cabin’ is M. Night Shyamalan’s Best in Decades

Director: M. Night Shyamalan Writers: M. Night Shyamalan, Steve Desmond, and Michael Sherman Stars: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Rupert Grint Synopsis: While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family...

Movie Review: ‘M3GAN’ is More Comedy Than Horror

Director: Gerard Johnstone Writers: Akela Cooper, James Wan (story) Stars: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng Synopsis: A robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life...

Movie Review: ‘You People’ Confronts Generational Attitudes With Sophomoric Humor

Director: Kenya Barris Writer: Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill Stars: Jonah Hill, Lauren London, Eddie Murphy Synopsis: Follows a new couple and their families, who find themselves examining modern love and family dynamics amidst clashing cultures, societal expectations and...

Movie Review (Sundance 2023): ‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt” is a Lovely Visual Poem with Little Story  

Director: Raven Jackson Writer: Raven Jackson  Stars: Moses Ingram, Sheila Atim, Chris Chalk Synopsis: A decades-spanning exploration of a woman's life in Mississippi and an ode to the generations of people, places, and ineffable moments...

Movie Review (Sundance 2023): ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ is Pure Bliss for Holofcener Fans

Director: Nicole Holofcener Writer: Nicole Holofcener Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Owen Teague Synopsis: A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book. Only a...

Movie Review (Sundance 2023): ‘Magazine Dreams’ Fails Jonathan Majors

Director: Elijah Bynum Writer: Elijah Bynum  Stars: Jonathan Majors, Haley Bennett, Harrison Page, Taylour Paige Synopsis: A Black amateur bodybuilder struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. There’s one very good...

Movie Review (Sundance 2023): ‘The Accidental Getaway Driver’ is a Repetitive Slow Burn

Director: Sing J. Lee Writers: Sing J. Lee, Christopher Chen Stars: Hiep Tran Nghia, Dustin Nguyen, Dali Benssalah Synopsis: During a routine pickup, an elderly Vietnamese cab driver is taken hostage at gunpoint by three recently escaped Orange County...

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