Category: Reviews

Writer and director Carlo Mirabella-Davis has crafted an extremely unique story with Swallow. Hunter (Haley Bennett) and Richie (Austin Stowell) are the quintessential couple. They have the seemingly perfect life together. A nice house, nice cars, Hunter doesn’t have to work, and Richie has just been promoted at his dad’s company. Hunter even gets pregnant,…
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*This movie was viewed as part of the 2020 Atlanta Film Festival. 15 Things You Didn’t Know About Bigfoot: Number One Will Blow Your Mind seemed absurd just from the title alone. And it was in fact hilariously absurd. Brian Emond (Brian Emond) is a journalist for a Vice-esque online site called Compound. He and…
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*This movie was viewed as part of the 2020 Atlanta Film Festival. Curtis is the type of movie you want to see more of in the film world. It centers on former basketball star, Curtis (Dwight Henry), who struggles with mental illness. His most prized possession is his championship ring, which is stolen from him…
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Chemical Hearts is the latest original film from Amazon. Upon first glance at the logline I figured I’d be sitting down for another mushy teenage rom com, which I’m very into. I was dead wrong, but in a good way. High school senior Henry (Austin Abrams) is vying for the Editor in Chief position at…
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The buzz around First Cow has been insane. It made virtually every “Best of 2020 So Far” list and people were hailing it as one of the best indie movies in years. Director Kelly Reichardt usually delivers truly stunning work, so First Cow went straight to the top of my watch list. It did not…
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Here’s my disclaimer: As of writing this today, Summerland is currently in my top ten favorite films this year. Could that be because in this COVID-19 hell-scape I am continually searching for anything light-hearted and hopeful and Summerland fulfilled this? Absolutely. Should that prevent you from watching this gorgeously hopeful film? No, it should not.…
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Palm Springs is the existential, time travel, romantic comedy you never knew you needed. The movie begins by introducing us to Nyles (Andy Samberg). He’s attending a wedding and stands out because instead of wearing a suit or a tux, he’s wearing a Hawaiin shirt with cargo shorts. From context clues you can determine that…
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Writer and Director Eliza Hittman has outdone herself with Never Rarely Sometimes Always. This movie will be a turn off for many people because of the subject matter: abortion. Regardless of how you may feel about the issue, it’s hard to deny how spectacularly well crafted this story is. Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) is seventeen and…
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They say laughter is the best medicine and after watching The Lovebirds I am inclined to say I agree. The plot of this movie sounded absurd when I read the logline. I want to be clear that the movie is actually absurd. But somehow it really works. Leilani (Issa Rae) and Jibran (Kumail Nanjiani) have…
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt is back, baby! He hasn’t been in a major movie since 2016’s Snowden and I am so happy to see his face again! His return is somewhat of an odd choice with 7500 being a classic and straightforward thriller, which is not typically his genre. But I’m down for a thriller these days…
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