Written by Patrick Hao "Otto (Tom Hanks), the Americanized name of Ove, is a grouch. To him, everyone around him is stupid, with the inability to do things. Why can’t the store charge him for five feet of rope instead … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker "“When It Melts” slowly unfurls the staggering pain of loneliness as a child. Eva is torn by her desire to belong in a family that doesn't want her and her want for a neighborhood boy she … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker "Three children navigate their neighborhood, school, family, and lives in “L’immensità,” while their mother Clara (Penelope Cruz) traverses a marriage that is seemingly at the end of its rope. The film is generally more interested in..."… Continue reading.
Written by Alexander Reams "Jesse Eisenberg has had a productive pandemic, in August of 2020 he released his Audible original audio production “When You Finish Saving the World,” starring the voice talents of Eisenberg as Nathan Katz, Finn Wolfhard as … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison "Let’s just get this out of the way: there is no Danny DeVito in “Matilda the Musical.” This automatically means that this movie is a lesser version of DeVito’s 1996 film; it does not, however, mean … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson "Spare and eerily spellbinding, Kyle Edward Ball’s avant-garde horror film “Skinamarink'' taps into an ineffable childhood fear: to be alone in a dark house at night, when shadows and creaks can make even the most familiar … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson "After a refreshing if not entirely successful stopover in France for “The Truth,” “Broker” marks a thematic and geographic retreat to more familiar territory for Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda. Set in Japan, this tender drama bears … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao "“M3GAN” is too tame, a movie that is made to be appropriate for teenagers as opposed to a movie made for teenagers to sneak into. Like the eponymous hero, the film is too perfectly calibrated..."… Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker "“Plane” sees Gerard Butler continue to helm middlebrow adult-oriented action flicks, keeping with his recent lineup of films like “Last Seen Alive,” “Copshop,” and “Greenland,” these films are alternatingly bad and small enough..."… Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao "More than a decade after the original standalone Puss in Boots movie, “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” is able to justify its existence by being a creative exercise in modern animation and clever storytelling. Like … Continue reading.
