The lopsided JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH makes for a near-miss
Perhaps the final awards player this season, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, has arrived. Does it close out the Oscar race in grand fashion?
Author: Kyle Pinion
Atlanta Film Critics Circle (AFCC) names NOMADLAND the year’s best film
The year’s best film wins our top prize, can’t beat that!
You’ve seen a dozen better versions of THE LITTLE THINGS
The new Denzel Washington starring crime thriller is so overly familiar you may think you’ve seen it before, quite a few times in fact.
WANDAVISION: loaded with style, but a tepid beginning
Does the highly anticipated Marvel Studios streaming series live up to expectations? Read our review to find out.
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI works in spite of some limitations
Regina King makes her directorial debut in solidly entertaining, if not always spectacular, fashion in ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
NOMADLAND, the year’s first essential film
The great recession of 2008 was a defining moment of my own generation, and particularly for those who found themselves stepping out of college into a workforce where there simply wasn’t enough gainful employment to be had. 12 years later, the long-term effects of this have really only begun to …
MANK, dispelling the myth of Welles
David Fincher’s long-awaited new feature, MANK, stylishly centers on the largely untold story of the co-screenwriter of CITIZEN KANE
THE CLIMB is a hill too far
An admirable effort that attempts to skirt its narrative shortcomings through waning technical ambition
FREAKY whiffs on a great premise
The latest Blumhouse effort is a throwback to the horror comedies of yesteryear. Sadly, it can’t quite live up to its great premise.
BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM is an arduous journey, but the destination is jawdropping
Borat returns, and has his sights set on the Trump administration, in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. How’s it stack up?
POSSESSOR is a fascinating, if a bit thin, sophomore effort for Brandon Cronenberg
Possessor marks a startling step-forward for Brandon Cronenberg.
BLACK BOX and THE LIE, Blumhouse’s first Amazon offerings, range from decent to dud
Blumhouse, the sort of oasis in the perpetual wasteland that is moderate to bigger budget horror, is now expanding its empire into the auspices of a streaming partnership. Having found a new collaborator in Amazon, “Welcome To The Blumhouse” is a series of films being released over time by a …
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 is Netflix’s Best Original Yet
Riding in the background, or perhaps its even in the foreground depending upon your political persuasions, in Aaron Sorkin‘s latest is an element of timeliness. It shouldn’t be lost on any viewer that a film about a group of activists being put on trial by a corrupt administration, and aided …
TENET, or trying to solve a math problem in a car crash
The latest blockbuster effort from Christopher Nolan falls a bit short
I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS – a masterpiece of miserabalism
The latest effort from Charlie Kaufman is a perfect counterpoint for Synecdoche, New York