Film Reviews

RATING – A Jonathan Larson never lived to see his impact. The writer and creator of Rent, one of Broadway’s most enduring and beloved musicals, died suddenly the night before his play made its grand debut. He never lived to see his Tony Awards, his Pulitzer, or the worldwide acclaim he very rightly deserved. For […]

Despite changing the course of film history with Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper’s career behind the camera in the years that followed was sparse. Most of that absence is due to the failure of his 1971 follow-up, The Last Movie, which effectively led him to be exiled from the director’s chair for nearly a decade. That […]

While Summer is known for its high octane blockbusters and big budget thrill rides, the holiday movie season is the source of what is usually the year’s best in cinematic delights. This year, even with the pandemic still raging, is no different. With the availability of streaming options opening up movie watching choices more than […]

Grade: C+ The Royal Family is just an awful institution. Beyond the their regal facade and ‘stiff upper lip’ bullshit, they seem to exist as these powerless figureheads that only serve as tabloid fodder or an infrequent reminder of how fucking useless monarchies have always been. Enter Spencer, a biopic focusing on three days of […]

Rating: A- Tom Hanks is an actor who can get away with, quite frankly, kind of a lot. There are roles that he takes that, in the hands of a lesser actor, might be veer into sappy territory. Yet, in his hands, there’s an earnestness that creates, at the very least, an illusion of nuance […]

Fran Kranz makes a stunning directorial debut with this urgent and powerful film.

Grade B+ The story of someone pursuing their dreams and achieving stardom with sheer talent and determination is one of the most romanticized tales told. If that weren’t true, they wouldn’t have remade A Star Is Born four times, and the whole reality/competition TV genre as we know it wouldn’t exist. The thing is, the […]

The new documentary takes on the realites of superstardom.

While the adaptation is as yet incomplete, what we’ve got so far has potential.

Yep, that sure is how a slasher movie works.