Movie and TV Reviews
Movie Review: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’
After showing up for a supporting role in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Gal Gadot teamed up with director Patty Jenkins ...
Second Opinion: ‘News of the World’
What do you get when you take the director of the Bourne films (Paul Greengrass) and the most likable actor of modern times, ...
Movie Review: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Prolific African-American playwright August Wilson is best remembered for The Century Cycle, a series of 10 plays that examined the black experience in ...
Movie Review: ‘News of the World’
That Tom Hanks, over the course of a career spanning four decades, has somehow never appeared in a Western feels almost like an ...
Movie Review: ‘The Croods: A New Age’
This generation’s modern stone age family The Croods may have survived their first family adventure, but one can never let their guard down ...
Movie Review: ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
Published to much fanfare in 2016, J.D. Vance’s memoir Hillbilly Elegy was pored over in the wake of Donald Trump’s election to the ...
Movie Review: ‘Freaky’
No stranger to shaking up the horror genre, Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon is back with another mashup, taking a tried and ...
Movie Review: ‘Let Him Go’
One can’t help but wonder if writer-director Thomas Bezucha was actively trying to evoke memories of Ma and Pa Kent in Man of ...
AFI Fest 2020 Review Round-up
Nine Days Edson Oda’s poignant drama about what it truly means to be alive centers on Will (Winston Duke), who spends his days ...
CIFF 2020 Review Round-Up
The 56th Chicago International Film Festival ran from October 14-25, featuring drive-in screenings complemented by virtual cinema offerings that brought the event to ...
Movie Review: ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
Fourteen years ago, a fictional Kazakh journalist became a box office sensation in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation ...
AFI Fest 2020 Movie Review: ‘Pink Skies Ahead’
Like 40 million others adults in the United States alone, Winona (Jessica Barden) suffers from an anxiety disorder — she just doesn’t realize ...
AFI Fest 2020 Movie Review: ‘I’m Your Woman’
The all-virtual edition of AFI Fest 2020 kicked off in spectacular fashion Thursday evening with I’m Your Woman, a gritty 70s-era crime thriller ...
Movie Review: ‘Rebecca’
Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 Gothic romance novel Rebecca is no stranger to adaptation: among others, Alfred Hitchcock’s version won the Academy Award for ...
Movie Review: ‘Totally Under Control’
“In a moment of crisis, the world’s most powerful nation didn’t rise to the occasion, it descended into division and chaos.” This quote, ...
Movie Review: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
There’s something chilling about watching uniformed police officers confront a group of protestors, remove their badges and nameplates, then wade into the crowd ...