Reviews

A lavish, if mostly underwhelming biopic from the director of Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby. Tom Hanks has that larger-than-life presence as the shady Col. Tom Parker, but the performance may be more distracting than substantial.  Director Baz Luhrmann uses overlapping visuals and split screens as Elvis is pushed by Colonel Tom Parker (Tom […]

This new film from John Michael McDonagh, is a hit-and-miss take on contemporary imperialism dripping with haughty privilege.  The Forgiven is filled with debauchery and unpleasantry with Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain headlining a capable ensemble set in a lavish Moroccan manor.  The proceedings work off of contempt and humanity with provocation for what can […]

Lightyear if perfect fit based on the opening explanation that Andy (the boy who owns Lightyear and Woody) was impressed by the film Lightyear after seeing it at the movies.  Even with some slow spots it fits as a kids first exercise viewing a Science Fiction film adventure that stuck in his mind and peaked […]

The director of Doctor Strange and Sinister works fairly well to enliven a grim story, expanded from the original short one by Joe Hill (son of Stephen King) entitled The Grabber. The Black Phone has the ability to keep the on-looker in its grasp from a 1970s Denver setting, touching on bullying and a mysterious, eponymous […]

This new display of body horror from the maker of The Fly and Dead Ringers relates a synthetic world that may distress nearly all except his most loyal cineastes.  a display of performance art can be lurid from its metamorphizing, invasive means that reinforces a wistful tone with satirical tinges  Canadian David Cronenberg pushes the […]