Category: Reviews

The Last Black Man in San Francisco is the first feature-length effort from writer and director Joe Talbot. And what a way to debut. This is a powerful story about a young man who has lived in San Francisco his whole life. Jimmie Fails (Jimmie Fails) has watched San Francisco explode in growth and become…
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Honeyland was one of my favorite documentaries this year. Directors Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov shot this movie over the course of several years in Macedonia. The film follows beekeeper Hatidze, a middle aged woman who takes care of her ailing mother. Hatidze approaches beekeeping in a natural way, preferring to let nature take its…
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Knives Out was my surprise movie love of the year! It had all of the necessary elements to tank and fall flat on its face. And yet…it worked. Writer and director Rian Johnson was able to successfully pull off a kitschy, old-timey, murder mystery. Johnson was helped immensely by his stellar cast, but he provided…
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Bombshell is a movie about a trio of women who take on the work culture of Fox News, namely the head of the network, Roger Ailes. The trio consists of Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) who sparks chaos at Fox by going public about sexual harassment she experienced while at the network. Another Fox big wig,…
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This is not the first biopic about Judy Garland’s life. Nor will it be the last. This particular movie is about the later years of Garland’s life. The glitz and glamor of being a star has faded and reality and money troubles have set in. Judy (Renée Zellweger) has hit a snag financially. She’s in…
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Dark Phoenix had so much potential! But alas, it was a major let down, particularly because Jean is one of my favorite X-Men. We begin the movie in 1975 with a young Jean causing a car crash that kills her parents. Professor Xavier (James McAvoy) comes to her rescue and brings her to Xavier’s School…
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I don’t care much about cars whether they’re Ford or Ferrari’s. I skipped out on Ford v Ferrari initially, hoping that it wouldn’t get any nominations this year, allowing me to save myself two hours of what I assumed would be cars zooming around a track. It was, of course, nominated for Best Picture for…
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Greta Gerwig’s version of Little Women had a lot of buzz surrounding it even before it was released. Not only was it Gerwig’s follow up to the critically acclaimed Lady Bird, but it was also an adaptation of a classic piece of literature. Not to mention there have already been several film and television adaptations…
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I like to keep my reviews pretty honest. So I’m going to begin by saying I did not in any way want to see Joker. I put it off, hoping that it wouldn’t be nominated for anything so I could skip it. Don’t get me wrong, I usually love comic book movies. This movie just…
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Me before seeing 1917: Oh please, this is another movie that’s filmed in “one shot.” It’s been done before and it seems like a gimmick. I’m not impressed. Me after seeing 1917: Oh my gosh it was not a gimmick. I am so impressed.  How many movies about WWI have you seen? Probably a lot, unless…
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