Film Reviews

Director Yorgos Lanthimos has a body of work that is unique to say the least. Poor Things continues his trend of telling odd but interesting stories that definitely won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. This particular project is adapted from a book of the same title by Alasdair Gray.  It’s a curious story about a…
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“Life is like a hen house ladder. Shitty and short.” That’s the mantra of Paul (Paul Giamatti), a school teacher at a boarding school in the 1970’s. He has a particular disdain for his students and a wealth of knowledge about topics that no one around him seems to appreciate. It’s Christmas break and Paul…
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There’s a moment in the film where Napoleon utters the line, “I am the first to admit when I make a mistake. I simply never do.” Perfect lines like this are sprinkled throughout Ridley Scott’s two hour and thirty-eight minute historical epic, which makes it all the more frustrating that the movie doesn’t quite live…
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Martin Scorsese continues his trend of making three hour movies with Killers of the Flower Moon. Adapted from the book of the same name, Scorsese dives into Oklahoma in the 1920’s where the Osage people are being murdered at the hands of white people. A curious and somewhat controversial choice for a white man to…
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Jennifer Lawrence. You either love her or you hate her it seems. And we are firmly in the love camp at BWV. No Hard Feelings finally gives Lawrence the chance to do something we always knew she was built for: comedy. This particular comedy might not be your cup of tea. It’s raunchy. It’s unhinged.…
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Todd Haynes’ May December gives us one hour and fifty-seven minutes of squirming in our seats uncomfortably. The subject matter is dicey and loosely based on a news story featuring Mary Kay Letourneau in the 90’s, which makes watching the story unfold that much more difficult. Elizabeth (Natalie Portman) is an actor, set to star…
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Sequels are almost always disappointing. And the pressure was seriously on for Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse because of the massive success of its predecessor Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse, which won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2019. But if this team was nervous about tackling a sequel, they certainly didn’t show it.  Spiderman: Across…
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Writer and director Nicole Holofcener takes an intimate look at the inner workings of relationships in You Hurt My Feelings. The main focus is on a married couple, Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Don (Tobias Menzies). They have a grown-up son Eliot (Owen Teague) and live a comfortable life in New York City. Don is a…
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The Inspection is a highly personal story for writer and director Elegance Bratton. His semi-autobiographical film details the journey of Ellis (Jeremy Pope). He’s been homeless for years after his mother found out he was gay and cast him aside. In order to find his place in life, win back his mother’s favor, and avoid…
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Fire of Love is a documentary that features the most amazing footage of volcanoes we’ve ever seen. Katia and Maurice Krafft were volcanologists (scientists who study volcanoes). The two cross paths and become inseparable, both obsessed with studying volcanoes and trying to understand how they work and how to predict when one will erupt. Katia…
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