Friday, April 26, 2024

Movie Reviews

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...

Movie Review: ‘Dog’ Solidifies Channing Tatum’s Stardom

Director: Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin Writers: Reid Carolin and Brett Rodriguez Stars: Channing Tatum, Ethan Suplee Synopsis: Two former Army Rangers are paired against their will on the road trip of a lifetime. Briggs...

Movie Review: ‘C’mon C’mon’ Reflects on the Struggles of Parenthood in the Most Beautiful Way

Director: Mike Mills Writer: Mike Mills Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Woody Norman, Gaby Hoffmann Synopsis: Johnny (Phoenix) and his young nephew (Norman) forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they are unexpectedly thrown together in this...

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