“It’s a very opportune gift.” A true statement for both members of the #BongHive and the Kim family at the heart of the 2019 Palme d’Or winner (a first for Korean cinema!). The Kims — patr…
Jonathan Movie Review: Ansel Elgort Carries So-So Sci-Fi on His Shoulders
A Baby Driver star goes Black Mirror in Jonathan, the sci-fi drama from co-writer-director Bill Oliver. Well, more accurately, the Ansel Elgort-topper approaches the twisted anthology, links arms with…
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Movie Review: Melissa McCarthy delivers the best performance of her career
At the outset, Marielle Heller’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? wallows so deeply into the loneliness of down on her luck biographer Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) that you may feel the people around you in …
‘White Boy Rick’ Movie Review: Prosaic, shallow telling of a striking life
As with James “Whitey” Bulger or the Kray twins, Richard Wershe Jr. has a crime-glazed life primed for the movies. In times when we, for argument’s sake let’s assume “we” means the majority, juggled h…
The Escape Movie Review: Gemma Arterton Shines in a Familiar Tale of a Lost Woman
Since the days of Stella Dallas and Mildred Pierce, filmmakers have sought to explore the dichotomy of being a woman and a mother. Freedom and marriage are two terms that aren’t mutually exclusi…
Once Upon a Time 7×18 Review: “The Guardian” Paints Alice in a New Light
We are slowly getting closer to the final chapter of Once Upon a Time. But to finally close the book, there is one character who is determined to find their happy ending: Rumpelstiltskin. Rumple is re…
Where is Kyra Movie Review: Michelle Pfeiffer dominates quiet story of loss
The death of a parent is a final cutting of the apronstrings, a literal disassociation from the life you grew up with into the harsh world of adulthood. For some people, this is less of a shock if you…