Sound of Metal (2019) Movie Review
Every once in a while you’ll see a movie that is so wildly different than anything you’ve seen before and it will make you incredibly happy that unique stories are still being told. Sound of Metal is that type of movie. Ruben (Riz Ahmed) and Lou (Olivia Cooke) are in a band together. Lou sings…
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The Mole Agent (2020) Movie Review
The Mole Agent is a documentary from filmmaker Maite Alberdi. Alberdi bends the genre and form of traditional documentaries by setting the stage as more of a slick spy thriller. Investigator Rómulo Aitken has a client who suspects that her mother is being abused at a nursing home. He places an ad for an older…
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Minari (2020) Movie Review
You might have heard of Minari due to the controversy of the Golden Globes’ decision to include Minari in the Foreign Language Film category. There have been countless articles and discussions about this decision which has given Minari some additional visibility. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to catch this film, because of the…
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Bull (2019) Movie Review
If nothing else, Bull proves that writer and director Annie Silverstein is someone to watch out for. This is her debut feature film and she’s able to craft a quiet but intimate portrait of an unexpected relationship. Kris (Amber Havard) is a young girl living with her grandmother while her mother is incarcerated. Kris visits…
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Straight Up (2019) Movie Review
Straight Up bills itself as a romantic comedy drama with a twist. That is certainly one way to describe it. This fast talking rom-com follows the story of Todd (James Sweeney), a young man with OCD who is struggling to navigate his sexual identity. He meets with his therapist to talk through his issues, many…
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Miss Juneteenth (2020) Movie Review
Miss Juneteenth is the first feature film from writer and director Channing Godfrey Peoples. Young mother Turquoise Jones (Nicole Beharie) is the main focus of the movie. She has a plethora of jobs. We see her working at a BBQ joint and doing makeup for corpses at a funeral home. She is constantly working to…
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Promising Young Woman (2020) Movie Review
Promising Young Woman was perhaps the buzziest movie this year. Before it was even released critics were either raving about it or ripping it to shreds. I have a mild obsession with Carey Mulligan (I’m still salty she was snubbed for her performance in Wildlife) so I was eager to see it. It’s hard to…
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