Movie Review: Captain Fantastic

In order to exploit as much enjoyment out of Matt Ross’s Captain Fantastic, a viewer has to first set aside their irritation at the single minded nature of just about all of the adult characters. When a film is so…

Movie Review: Star Trek Beyond

Joyous, rousing and unabashedly focused on the idea and critical need for unity, Star Trek Beyond doesn’t just course correct after the bumpy Into Darkness, but also defines itself as the first of the new Trek that firmly grasps what makes the old…

Movie Review: Absolutely Fabulous The Movie

I went into Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie a total and complete Ab Fab virgin. I was only familiar with Jennifer Saunders from her outstanding vocal work in the masterpiece that is Shrek 2, and although I had seen Joanna Lumley in…

JAPAN CUTS 2016: Roundup #2 – BAKUMAN (2015), THE ACTOR (2015), FLYING COLORS (2015)

We continue our coverage of the 2016 JAPAN CUTS film festival with a look at three modern-day dramas. Additional information, screening schedules, and contact information for the festival can be found HERE.  You can keep up with our continuing coverage…

Movie Review: Love Between the Covers

A fascinating look into an under-appreciated industry. I used to roll my eyes at the stack of paperback romance novels on my mother’s nightstand, the ones with the funny covers of half-naked men with odd, fragmented titles. I remember trying…

Movie Review: Independence Day: Resurgence

Since Independence Day became a massive commercial hit Roland Emmerich seems to have consistently invented new ways to fetishize the end of the world. Indeed he does a good enough job capturing an apocalyptic spectacle of carnage and destruction but,…

Movie Review: The Last Heist—Serially Confused

All too often the media gets the idea of a serial killer and a mass murderer mixed up. A serial killer is somebody who kills two or more victims for abnormal psychological reasons, usually with a “cooling off” period in-between…