Written by Michael Clawson "Though it is intermittently pretty funny, what the movie can’t overcome is its shoddy writing. As a satire of class, food culture, and the soul-sucking effect of money and elitism on any form of creativity, “The … Continue reading.
Tag: Feature Film
Strange World
Written by Patrick Hao "On the surface “Strange World” is an ambitious action adventure for Disney, one that has not always worked out. The film openly takes its cues from pulp magazine science fiction stories, films like “Forbidden Planet,” and … Continue reading.
The School for Good and Evil
Written by Anna Harrison "... the slew of half-hearted adaptations of young adult or kids books that came after, now including “The School for Good and Evil,” only proves that the success of “Potter” is not so easily replicated, try … Continue reading.
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Written by Alexander Reams "Appel is in his debut here and yet seems more confident behind the camera than some seasoned directors, it’s bold and he embraces the strangeness of Weird Al with this reverence for what he did while … Continue reading.
The Fabelmans
Written by Patrick Hao "Throughout Steven Spielberg’s “The Fablemans,” there are often allusions to John Ford’s “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.” Not only is the film and its filmmaker, Ford (as the movie will depict), an immense influence on … Continue reading.
Enola Holmes 2
Written by Anna Harrison "Every once in a while, Netflix still makes a decent movie—“Enola Holmes” was one of those, and “Enola Holmes 2” is even better..."… Continue reading.
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Written by Taylor Baker "Both Silverio and the film find joy in dancing, chasing his topless wife around the kitchen, and sneaking up on his daughter while she's embroiled in thought. It is perhaps in reading the tone that film … Continue reading.
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Written by Alexander Reams "After stirring up controversy with his crowd-pleasing, yet relatively simple “Green Book” furthered by the awards recognition it received, Peter Farrelly has returned from a 4-year hiatus with another true story. Following the story of fledgling … Continue reading.
She Said
Written by Anna Harrison "Where Twohey and Kantor’s reporting was groundbreaking, the movie that it (and their subsequent book) inspired is less so, marred by the pedestrian way in which it’s shot and, mostly, its own self-congratulation: Hooray, they cured … Continue reading.
Day Shift
Written by Nick McCann "Action and horror almost work in the same ways, working to elicit a reaction out of the viewer. They may do it in different capacities, but one could easily say they get the same visceral adrenal … Continue reading.
