Reviews

Chris Two women who have been friends since grade school, develop a make-up kit called One Night Stand, that catches the attention of a cosmetics mogul.  Mia (Tiffany Haddish) is the creative partner of their company and Mel (Rose Byrne) takes care of the finances.  They open a small cosmetics store and even though the make-up is […]

A new sweeping war movie from Sam Mendes (who explored the genre in Jarhead) blends creativity and focus even if its technique might feel a tad gimmicky.  1917 stars Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones) and George MacKay (Captain Fantastic) and uses that continuous shot (like Birdman) to follow its characters on an intense mission on a […]

Director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) gives a slightly updated take to one of my favorite books, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women.  She stays true to the book and previous films by keeping all of the spirit of the characters and lush look of the New England setting in tact.  The Marsh family lives in MA, the nineteenth […]

When I first saw the trailer, I must admit I was a bit creeped out by the appearance of the humans portraying cats on screen.  Inspired by T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” and from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical, the film opens with a young feline, Victoria (Francesca Hayward) who is abandoned in […]

Knives Out is a classic mystery thriller with a little comedy added.  Fitting in with films like The Last of Shelia, Murder by Death, Death on the Nile, and Murder on the Orient Express the script leads us in many directions as we follow Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) search to determine how Harlan Thrombey […]