Thursday, May 22, 2025

Movie Reviews

Movie Review: ‘Turning Red’ is Full of Energy and Heart

Director: Domee Shi Writers: Julia Cho and Domee Shi Stars: Rosalie Chang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse Synopsis: A 13-year-old girl named Mei Lee turns into a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited.   Turning Red...

Movie Review (Glasgow Film Festival): ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’ Is A Critical Look at the Healthcare System

Director: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed Writers: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed Stars: Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame Synopsis: In times of misfortune, Guled and his family have to push themselves to the limits in order to reunite with their...

Movie Review (Glasgow Film Festival): ‘The Outfit’ is a Well Tailored Stage Play in Movie Form

Director: Graham Moore Writers: Johnathan McClain, Graham Moore Stars: Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Dylan O'Brien Synopsis: An expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.   It feels perfectly...

Movie Review: ‘Huda’s Salon’ is a Tense Thriller That Highlights the Vices of the Patriarchy

Director: Hany Abu-Assad. Writer: Hany Abu-Assad. Stars: Maisa Abd Elhadi, Ali Suliman, Manal Awad, Samer Bisharat. Synopsis: Reem, a young mother married to a jealous man, goes to Huda's salon in Bethlehem. This ordinary visit...

Movie Review (Glasgow Film Festival): ‘Yuni’ is a Beautiful and Tragic Coming of Age Story

For her third feature - and arguably best yet - Yuni, Indonesian director Kamila Andini utilizes the late Sapardi Djoko Damono’s poem “The Rain in June” as a plot function. In fact,...

Movie Review: ‘The Batman” Is A Tale of Horror-Noir

Director: Matt Reeves Writers: Matt Reeves and Peter Craig Stars: Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Paul Dano Synopsis: When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to...

Movie Review: ‘The Desperate Hour’ Is Yet Another Senseless and Exploitative Film from Phillip Noyce

Director: Phillip Noyce Writers: Chris Sparling Stars: Naomi Watts, Colton Gobbo, Andrew Chown, Sierra Maltby Synopsis: A mother desperately races against time to save her child as authorities place her small town on lockdown. Director Phillip...

Movie Review: ‘Cyrano’ Cuts Off Its Nose to Show Us Its Big, Beautiful Heart

  Director: Joe Wright Writer: Erica Schmidt Stars: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Ben Mendelsohn Synopsis: Too self-conscious to woo Roxanne himself, wordsmith Cyrano de Bergerac helps young Christian nab her heart through love...

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