Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Movie Reviews

Movie Review: ‘The Marvels’ is Patronizing and Uninspired

Director: Nia DaCostaWriters: Nia DaCosta, Megan McDonnell, and Elissa KarasikStars: Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani Synopsis: Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them...

Movie Review: ‘Fingernails’ is More Form Than Function

Director: Christos NikouWriters: Christos Nikou, Sam Steiner, Stavros RaptisStars: Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White Synopsis: Anna and Ryan have found true love, and it's proven by a controversial new technology. There's...

Movie Review: ‘Quiz Lady’ Misses Opportunities to Answer Real Questions

Director: Jessica YuWriters: Jen D'AngeloStars: Awkwafina, Sandra Oh, Will Ferrell Synopsis: A game-show-obsessed woman and her estranged sister work together to help cover their mother's gambling debts. Quiz Lady has a premise that will...

Classic Movie Review: ‘Ivan’s Childhood’ Obliterates Innocence

Directors: Andrei Tarkovsky and Eduard AbaloyWriters: Vladimir Bogomolov, Mikhail Papava, and Andrei TarkovskyStars: Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeniy Zharikov Synopsis: During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic...

Movie Review (Middleburg 2023): ‘American Symphony’ Explores Traveling Through Pain Together

Director: Matthew HeinemanStars: Jon Batiste, Suleika Jaouad Synopsis: Explores a year in the life of musician Jon Batiste. Jon Batiste is someone that a general audience would know as the bandleader of The Late...

Movie Review (Middleburg 2023): ‘American Fiction’ is a Perfect Balance

Director: Cord JeffersonWriters: Cord Jefferson and Percival EverettStars: Jeffrey Wright, Skyler Wright, John Ales Synopsis: A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write...

Movie Review: ‘Fallen Leaves’ Walks Us Through The Darkness

Director: Aki KaurismäkiWriter: Aki KaurismäkiStars: Alma Pöystim, Jussi Vatanen, Alina Tomnikov Synopsis: In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to...

Movie Review (Middleburg Film Festival): ‘The Holdovers’ Humanizes Our Flaws

Director: Alexander PayneWriter: David HemingsonStars: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa Synopsis: A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a...

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