Category: Reviews

Straight Up bills itself as a romantic comedy drama with a twist. That is certainly one way to describe it. This fast talking rom-com follows the story of Todd (James Sweeney), a young man with OCD who is struggling to navigate his sexual identity. He meets with his therapist to talk through his issues, many…
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Miss Juneteenth is the first feature film from writer and director Channing Godfrey Peoples. Young mother Turquoise Jones (Nicole Beharie) is the main focus of the movie. She has a plethora of jobs. We see her working at a BBQ joint and doing makeup for corpses at a funeral home. She is constantly working to…
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Promising Young Woman was perhaps the buzziest movie this year. Before it was even released critics were either raving about it or ripping it to shreds. I have a mild obsession with Carey Mulligan (I’m still salty she was snubbed for her performance in Wildlife) so I was eager to see it. It’s hard to…
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Sylvie’s Love is a refreshing movie combining love, relationships, dreams, music, and television into one story. If it sounds ambitious that’s because it is. Set in the 1950’s in Harlem, Sylvie’s Love introduces us to the two main characters right away. Sylvie (Tessa Thompson) works in her father’s record shop and dreams of being in…
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I have repeatedly expressed my general dislike for movies that are adapted from plays. I’m usually bored and wishing I could just see the damn play instead of sitting through the movie. One Night in Miami, is the rare exception to my dislike. This could have easily been just another play adaptation where a group…
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The Nest is the second feature film from director Sean Durkin. You might remember his first offering, Martha Marcy May Marlene, which had an amazing cast including Julia Garner and Elizabeth Olsen. The Nest is a little more subdued and is set in the 1980’s. We are introduced to a couple, Englishman Rory (Jude Law)…
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Soul is the latest animated offering from Pixar, which consistently churns out memorable movies. Joe (Jamie Foxx) is a middle school band teacher with dreams of becoming a famous jazz musician. He happens to land a gig with a famous jazz musician named Dorothea. After rehearsing for the gig, Joe falls in a hole and…
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The opening scene of Wonder Woman 1984 sees us visiting Diana as a child. She is participating in a competition against older Amazon women but is disqualified for cheating. Here she receives a lesson on the importance of the truth and what makes a hero great. This lesson is supposed to be a thread throughout…
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Let Them All Talk is the latest from director Steven Soderbergh who continues to broaden his range and keep you on your toes with his forays into different subject matter and genres. This time he takes the story to sea. Author Alice Hughes (Meryl Streep) is going to receive an award in England but can’t…
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Kajillionaire is the latest movie from writer and director Miranda July. It focuses on an odd family of scam artists. The parents Robert (Richard Jenkins) and Theresa (Debra Winger) don’t have jobs and steal things and run scams to survive. Their daughter Old Dolio (Evan Rachel Wood), and yes that truly is her actual name,…
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