Category: Reviews

Four Good Days is based on a true story that appeared in The Washington Post about a young woman who is a drug addict in the Midwest. Molly (Mila Kunis) shows up at her mother Deb’s (Glenn Close) house tweaking and looking for some money. It’s clear Deb has trust issues with Molly because she…
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Together Together has taken on the trend of telling stories about alternative families and love stories. Matt (Ed Helms) is an app developer who is single and without children. He hires a surrogate so he can build a family on his own. Anna (Patti Harrison) is a twenty-something loner who works at a coffee shop.…
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The Worst Person in the World is a Norwegian film from writer and director Joachim Trier. It is a coming of age story for someone approaching their thirties. Julie (Renate Reinsve) bounces around from one thing to the next searching for something she can’t quite name. In school, she changes her focus several times from…
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The Novice is the first feature film from writer and director Lauren Hadaway and it’s one of the most excellent directorial debuts I’ve seen in a long while. Alex Dall (Isabelle Fuhrman) is a college freshman and decides to join the rowing team, despite the fact that she has never rowed before. When she learns…
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Red Rocket is the latest feature film from writer and director Sean Baker. Baker has made a name for himself recently with back to back hits, Tangerine which was shot entirely on iPhones, and The Florida Project. Red Rocket is the story of Mikey Saber (Simon Rex), a washed-up porn star who comes back to…
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Encanto is one of the most vibrant and colorful animated movies from Walt Disney Studios. It follows Mirabel (Stephanie Beatriz), a Columbian teenager who is struggling to find her place in her family. The Madrigal’s live in a magical house in a city called Encanto. They’re different from the others who live in the village…
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Here we go with another movie in the Marvel franchise. This time we’re dropped into the world of Shaun (Simu Liu) and his best friend Katy (Awkwafina) who work as valets. Out of the blue, the two are attacked by a group who are after Shaun’s pendant – given to him by his deceased mother.…
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Free Guy is one of those movies where the premise sounds really dumb, especially if you’re not into video games. But I have to say this was one of my more surprising favorites of 2021 so try to stick with me here. Guy (Ryan Reynolds) is living a pretty average life in Free City. He…
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“I knew that was what you were thinking. You’re always thinking things, you thinker! You thinker! You think things!” This is an absurd line that could have really been awful if delivered by someone other than Alana Haim. Licorice Pizza is Haim’s first acting role but you’d never know it from her performance. She plays…
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Aretha Franklin is the undisputed Queen of Soul! She led an extraordinary life, full of triumphs and tribulations. Respect is an attempt to capture her life in all its glory. As with most biopics, Respect begins with Aretha as a child played by Skye Dakota Turner. We get some background on her upbringing as her…
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