Category: Reviews

Every once in a while you see a movie and think “Wow, I haven’t seen anything like that this year.” For me, The Forty-Year-Old Version was that movie. This is Radha Blank’s movie, period. She wrote, directed, and stars in it — and by the way she kills it. Here, Radha basically plays herself. She’s…
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The Boys in the Band is a bit of a misleading title as the story has nothing to do with music or being in a band. I was hesitant to watch this because it was originally a play and most often I don’t enjoy plays that are converted to the movie format. However, I heard…
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Bad Education is based on the true story of Frank Tassone (Hugh Jackman), a superintendent who is determined to lead the Roslyn school district to academic excellence. His right hand man is actually a woman named Pam (Allison Janney) who oversees the budget and bookkeeping for the school district. Frank is well respected by the…
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Yes, God, Yes is the first feature film from writer and director Karen Maine. Maine’s previous credits were writing the screenplay for Obvious Child, which emanates some of the same themes found in Yes, God, Yes. The main character in this one is Alice (Natalia Dyer), a teenager growing up in the early 2000’s who…
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I love a good courtroom and/or legal drama: A Few Good Men, Just Mercy, Erin Brockovich, the list is endless. So I figured I would like The Trial of the Chicago 7. The Trial of the Chicago 7 was written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. It is based on the true story of eight defendants…
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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution is a documentary produced by Michelle and Barack Obama. It shows the story of a group of disabled individuals who band together to fight for change. The documentary begins with an introduction to how some of the main players in this story met. A place called Camp Jened is where…
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On the Rocks is the latest from writer and director Sofia Coppola. It has a relatively short runtime of about 95 minutes, which is the perfect amount of time for this dramedy. Laura (Rashida Jones) is a writer who also happens to be a wife and a mother of two. She and her husband Dean…
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I have only seen one other movie from director Tanya Wexler and it was Hysteria (2011), a thoroughly delightful movie about the invention of the vibrator. Wexler caught my attention all those years ago, so her first foray back into directing with Buffaloed was on my must watch list. First and foremost Buffaloed was hilarious.…
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*Milkwater was viewed as part of the 2020 Atlanta Film Festival. Writer and director Morgan Ingari dives into an interesting concept with Milkwater. Milo (Molly Bernard) is a twenty-something living in New York struggling with her life. If this sounds like the beginning to a typical coming of age drama, don’t fret because Ingari throws…
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Da 5 Bloods is the latest feature film from director Spike Lee. The premise is incredibly simple but what ensues is incredibly complex. Four black veterans return to Vietnam to find the remains of their fallen squad leader. The men have an extra incentive to go back to Vietnam in the form of a hidden…
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