“My, my, is the octane in this flight high or what?” is a question raised often throughout this at-altitude Felicity Jones—Eddie Redmayne reunion, not as husband-and-wife but as pilot-and-passenger (s…
Mickey and the Bear Movie Review: A familial strife that touches and brims with realness
A bevy of animals reside in Annabelle Attanasio’s debut feature. Anaconda, Montana is the setting. The high school’s sports team has a copperhead in its logo. Some dedicated close-ups of taxiderm…
‘Parasite’ squirms its way to greatness in 1st trailer
“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…