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Movie Reviews

The Night House Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: A woman (Rebecca Hall) reeling from her husband’s (Evan Jonigkeit) recent suicide takes refuge in the lakeside home he built for her. However, she soon begins to realize that she might not be alone. REVIEW: The public appetite for...

The Courier Review

Posted 4 years ago

Previously reviewed at Sundance 2020 under the title Ironbark.  PLOT: Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch), a middle-aged businessman working in London circa 1960, is approached by British Intelligence and the C.I.A to act as an intermediary between them and a Russian...

Review: Promising Young Woman

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: A young med school dropout (Carey Mulligan) compulsively haunts dive bars and night clubs, looking to be picked up by predatory men to teach them painful lessons about consent. When an old friend (Bo Burnham) wanders back into her...

Palm Springs movie review!

Posted 5 years ago

Previously reviewed at Sundance 2020 PLOT: Two strangers (Andy Samberg & Cristin Milioti) attending a wedding in Palm Springs find themselves stuck in an infinite time loop and forced to relive the same day over and over. REVIEW: I imagine...

Sundance 2020 Wrap-Up and 5 Best!

Posted 5 years ago

And so it comes to an end – with my eleventh Sundance (in a row!) officially in the books. In many ways, this was a game changing year for the festival, with the advent of streaming more apparent than ever...

Review: Wendy (Sundance 2020)

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: A young girl and her brothers leave their home so they can stay eternally youthful on a magical island lorded over by a magical creature the other children on the island call “mother.” REVIEW: This year’s Sundance Film Festival...

Review: The Glorias (Sundance 2020)

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: The life of feminist icon Gloria Steinem, through her early days as a journalist through her role in the women’s rights movement in the 1960s and beyond. REVIEW: Julie Taymor is an interesting director. For my money, she’s up...

Review: Zola (Sundance 2020)

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: Zola (Taylour Paige) meets Stefani (Riley Keough) while waitressing, and the two, who are both part-time strippers, immediately hit it off. Within twenty-four hours, they’re on their way to Florida for what’s supposed to be a weekend of stripping...

Review: Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on ‘The Exorcist’ (Sundance 2020)

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: Director William Friedkin looks back at the process of making THE EXORCIST. REVIEW: It’s been fascinating to watch director Alexandre O. Philippe’s evolution as a documentarian. The first time I ever noticed his work with when he interviewed one...

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