Movie Reviews

Review: Awkwafina and Sandra Oh Are Sisters in ‘Quiz Lady’, an Oddball Comedy with Lots of Heart

Before Oscar-winning filmmaker Jessica Yu (Citadel, In Treatment) came on to direct Hulu’s latest comedy…

Review: ‘Stamped From the Beginning’ Explores the Powerful Myth of Race

In the age of banning books with “woke” ideology and removing critical race theory education…

Review: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Joins The List of Disappointing Video Game Adaptations

Popular video game franchises adapted into feature films or TV shows can either be a…

Cult Classics: ‘Casper,’ a Deeply Tragic Yet Oddly Wholesome Coming-of-Age Tale 

In the early 1990s, young director Brad Silberling (A Series of Unfortunate Events) was working…

Review: ‘The Creator’ Dives Into the Ever-Growing AI Conversation

Growing up, the idea of robots in the future was either cool or scary. There…

Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: ‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ Unearths the Origins of Jud Crandall and the Lore of Ludlow

Based on a chapter in Stephen King’s 1983 novel, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines acts as a…

Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: Winning Millions Has Deadly Consequences in Daniel Brown’s Thrilling Morality Tale ‘Your Lucky Day’

Writer-director-producer Daniel Brown (Color TV, No Vacancy) makes his feature film debut with Your Lucky…

‘Locked Out’ Explores How Evictions Affect the American Dream for Black Women

Home ownership is supposed to be the American dream, as well as an effective approach…

Review: ‘Dumb Money’ Directs its Focus on Keith Gill as the Hero of Retail Investors

The phenomena behind the David vs. Goliath story of retail stock traders taking on Wall…

TIFF 2023 Review: ‘Sing Sing’ Focuses on the Realities of Incarceration

Whenever I read a headline about a long standing ovation at a screening, I usually…