Fantasia 2022 : ‘Goodbye, Don Glees!’ is a visually grand depiction of the trials and triumphs of growing up

With the obvious comparison being the Rob Reiner Stephen King adaptation Stand By Me, it should come as little surprise that Goodbye, Don Glees!, from director Atsuko Ishizuka (A Place Further than the Universe), is as visually grandiose as it is narratively…

‘Don’t Make Me Go’ review : Sure it made me cry, but so does cutting onions

In Hannah Marks’s emotional Don’t Make Me Go, John Cho and Mia Isaac make for a believable duo as father and daughter, in two tremendous, lived-in performances that elevate the film. At least for the first three quarters. Spoilers for the…

25 years later, ‘Princess Mononoke’ is still one of the most wondrous animated films ever made

Everyone has their pick of their favorite Hayao Miyazaki movie. Polling my friend group in what was supposed to be an easy, select one (and only one) film question, resulted in multiple titles being brought up. From an assertion that…

The 15 Best Movies of 2022 So Far

Just one year ago, the century-long tradition of watching new films in theaters appeared to be in seriously dangerous trouble. Half-measure attempts to reopen theaters amidst the ongoing surges in COVID-19 cases kept a lot of people at home during…

‘Rise’ review: A slam dunk of a biopic

Rise could easily be a standard sports underdog movie, where, with training and sheer willpower, athletes overcome all odds and win a championship or something similar. It could also stumble upon oversimplification, like many biopics do, by trying to fit…

‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ review: God of Blunder

I need to figure out exactly who I am. What identity crisis? From Norse mythology to comic book superhero to unlikely blockbuster movie star, “Thor” has long been a game of hot potato between creative hands, carelessly tossing away the…

The reason ‘Jurassic Park’ devolved as a franchise? It never learned its own lessons.

During my latest revisit of 1993’s Jurassic Park, I was struck by this thought: You can learn everything you ever need to know about blockbuster filmmaking just by watching this movie. From its technical wizardry — which almost seamlessly blends…