Arts
Film Review: Reagan
Reagan Director: Sean McNamara MJM Entertainment and Rawhide Pictures In Theaters 08.30 When telling the story of a historical figure on screen, there’s a fine line between being respect and hero worship, and even some great filmmakers have had moments where they crossed that line. Reagan is not a movie made by great filmmakers, and
Film Review: You Gotta Believe
You Gotta Believe is a little monstrosity that fails on every level, never inspiring and certainly genuinely undercutting any messages it aims for. … read more
Film Review: Cuckoo
The pictures and filming style for this movie captured the essence of the uncomfortability of the scenes and overall enhanced how crazy everything was. … read more
Film Review: The Killer
The Killer runs a bit long, and it’s certainly nothing particularly new, but it’s a fun guilty pleasure movie that I thoroughly enjoyed. … read more
Film Review: The Union
The Union is serviceable Netflix fare that is certainly more enjoyable than duds such Atlas or Rebel Moon, though it’s hard to imagine anyone wanting a sequel. … read more
Film Review: Alien: Romulus
Alien: Romulus is easily the welcome surprise of the summer, and it’s a shot in the arm for popular filmmaking as an art form that I for one desperately needed at this point. … read more
Film Review: Sing Sing
Sing Sing is a much needed injection of art and soul into the bloodstream of cinema, mixing heavy drama with humor and humanity. … read more
Film Review: Borderlands
The video game-inspired space opera Borderlands is hardly gourmet. It’s more like a stale, sticky, slimy, stuck-to-the-bottom-of-your-shoe popcorn movie. … read more
Film Review: It Ends With Us
It Ends With Us is worse than just a bad movie, it’s a movie that comes dangerously close to romanticized domestic abuse. … read more
Film Review: The Instigators
The Instigators is far from a bad movie, it’s simply so undercooked that it’s hard to walk away convinced that it even deserved to be made. … read more
Film Review: Harold and the Purple Crayon
Harold and the Purple Crayon is an inept and irritating debacle, and that’s coming from someone who admits it difficult to be too harsh toward a family movie. … read more
Film Review: Trap
Trap is impossible to take seriously on any level, and despite its 105-minute runtime, it seems to go on forever. … read more