Reviews

A drama filled with gradually less murky flashbacks is noteworthy for its thespians embroiled in trauma, as well as retribution, even bewilderment.  The Secrets We Keep stars Noomi Repace, Joel Kinnaman and Chris Messina in adhering to modest period polish of Post World War II Americana (filled primarily in Louisiana). Israeli filmmaker Yuval Adler keeps […]

Streaming on a premium platform is the latest Disney live-action remake which isn’t as joyful as the 1998 animated original.  In being derived from a 6th Century Chinese poem and folklore.  Nicki Caro directs a new Mulan which jettisons humor and kitsch in favor of a resolve that underscores the #MeToo movement.  So, no crickets […]

This not so hagiographic look at Helen Reddy has a by-the-numbers feel and an anachronistic shooting style Yet, it finds a certain amount of thematic resonance through its labored, episodic tendencies.  I Am Woman features Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Evan Peters, and Danielle Macdonald.  What simmers beneath a young Aussie woman with a toddler in tow during […]

Charles Dickens’ autobiographical 1849 novel is nicely reinterpreted by Armando Iannucci (The Death of Stalin) in a mostly light-hearted manner with wistful undercurrents.  That makes it rather palatable even in today’s ever advanced and bustling climate.  The Personal History of David Copperfileld stars Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie and Tilda Swinton among a capable, inclusive ensemble […]

A pioneer of more renown today than back when he knew the future has vast reserves of untapped wireless energy is the subject of a new Michael Almereyda bio-pick.  The unconventional Tesla has a stylish, anachronistic theatricality about it: Ethan Hawke, of the director’s beginning of the century Hamlet, fills the role with a kind […]