Review: Get Out

GET OUT was originally reviewed as part of our Sundance 2017 coverage. PLOT: A young black man (Daniel Kaluuya) visits his white girlfriend’s (Allison Williams) parents in the country, and immediately senses something sinister is afoot. REVIEW: GET OUT marks the...

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XX (Movie Review)

NOTE: This review originally ran as part of our Sundance 2017 coverage PLOT: A new anthology directed solely by women: A woman is puzzled when her children stop eating, another mom tries her best to keep her daughter’s birthday from...

2017 Sundance Wrap-Up and Top 5

And so another edition of the Sundance Film Festival is in the books. The 2017 edition marked my eighth year wandering around Park City, Utah, and it was a memorable fest, with blizzard conditions in the first week, cyber-attacks, protests...

Berlin Syndrome (Sundance Review) starring Teresa Palmer

PLOT: An Australian backpacker (Teresa Palmer) traveling through Germany has a one-night stand with a stranger (Max Riemelt) only to discover the next morning that he’s made her a captive in his prison-like apartment. REVIEW: The premise for BERLIN SYNDROME...

Review: The Hero (Sundance) starring Sam Elliot

PLOT: Following a bleak medical diagnosis, an aging Western star (Sam Elliott) comes to terms with his mortality and tries to mend his fractured relationships – all the while hoping for one last shot at glory. REVIEW: Sam Elliott has...

Review: Berlin Syndrome (Sundance) starring Teresa Palmer

PLOT: An Australian backpacker (Teresa Palmer) traveling through Germany has a one-night stand with a stranger (Max Riemelt) only to discover the next morning that he’s made her a captive in his prison-like apartment. REVIEW: The premise for BERLIN SYNDROME...

Review: Walking Out (Sundance) starring Matt Bomer

PLOT: A fourteen-year-old city boy (Josh Wiggins) is forced to step-up in a big way after his hunter father (Matt Bomer) is badly wounded on a winter hunt, stranding the two of them deep in the wilderness. REVIEW: Hunting gets...

Review: Rebel in the Rye (Sundance) starring Nicholas Hoult

PLOT: The life of author J.D Salinger (Nicholas Hoult), from his early years as a student of Columbia lecturer Whit Burnett (Kevin Spacey), through his war years, to the publication of “The Catcher in the Rye.” REVIEW: Is there an...

Review: The Polka King (Sundance) starring Jack Black

PLOT: The true story of Jan Lewan (Jack Black), a Pennsylvania Polka sensation who ran a $5 million ponzi scheme, to the complete ignorance of his wife (Jenny Slate) and best friend/ band-mate (Jason Schwartzman. REVIEW: THE POLKA KING is...
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