Movie Reviews
An effective translation of a comic strip into an auction film, it is even more effective than Spider-Man: No Way Home and rivals the 1993 Batman, Mask of the Phantasm which was on my top ten list that year. The use of comic book stills that float and turn into activity are unique and give the impression … [Read More...] about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
You Hurt My Feelings stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies and Michaela Watkins among as capable ensemble. Louis-Dreyfus’ Beth is having … [Read More...] about You Hurt My Feelings
Gerard Butler’s latest is competently made, but as a tale of espionage and escape it comes across mostly obfuscating and tedious than insightful … [Read More...] about Kandahar
About My Father is billed as a parallel to stand cup comic Sebastian Maniscalco’s own life, which appears to have been build on conflict between … [Read More...] about About My Father
Staring: A 1989 animated classic from the House That Mouse Built gets the live-action treatment from Rob Marshall (Chicago) without any similar … [Read More...] about The Little Mermaid
More exasperating than enriching is Paul Schrader’s latest allegorical melodrama starring Joel Edgerton (The Gift) and Sigourney Weaver (Dave, … [Read More...] about Master Gardener
This shifting drama may be too offbeat and kinky for some, but it often xls in its tightened scope and production. Zachary Wigon’s Sanctuary … [Read More...] about Sanctuary
Book Club: The Next Chapter is clearly hopeful sequel based on a some success in the first film. It also falls as most sequels do and becomes a … [Read More...] about Book Club: The Next Chapter
In Fast X the script, the characters and the large group seasoned performers don’t matter, the purpose of the film. All that matters are the … [Read More...] about Fast X
