Reviews

A very important 20th Century activist and prophet was put in a vice by the government in an implicitly telling new documentary for Sam Pollard.  As the holiday of the intrepid, slain figure who marched on Washington in 1963 approaches.  MLK/FBI uses a broad canvas to make some timely strokes about where protest and power […]

This look at a couple beset by tragedy and its aftermath is raw, immediate, and uncompromising in its prologue.  But, Pieces of a Woman is inevitably too fractious for its own good as it sprouts unlikely sentiment at its conclusion.  Not to say that English actress Vanessa Kirby isn’t anything short of amazing as Martha […]

Watchable, if mediocre entertainment from longtime Clint Eastwood producer Robert Lorenz (Trouble Withe The Curve) allows for Liam Neeson (Honest Thief) to play a character in the mold of Eastwood’s in films like Gran Torino from over a decade ago.  The Marksman has Neeson’s widower and Marine sniper retiree checking on illegal aliens from his […]

Star Milla Jovovich and director, writer, producing husband Paul W.S. Anderson are back together in a new fantasy actioner aimed at a demographic who’ve been enamored with the 2018 game its based on.  Monster Hunter has taken a bit of heat from China for some (unintended) offensive lines, but others may take offensive at how […]

Wild Mountain Thyme benefits from lush lensing by Stephen Glodblatt from coastline to leas as it can be exasperating in its storytelling, especially from what is spoken by many of its characters.  The tighter scaling demonstrated by the playwright doesn’t fare too well in this expanse as he draws a bit from his heritage which […]