Showing posts with the label REVIEWS

“The History of Sound” review

Dec 11, 2025

“The History of Sound” acknowledges that the deepest and most romantic form of gesture is simply remembering.  Set in the late 1910s, the fi...

“Keeper” review: Ozgood Perkins misses the streak

Nov 23, 2025

Ozgood Perkins’ second directorial effort this 2025, “Keeper”, finds the filmmaker on a continuous journey in polishing his own creative voi...

“Bugonia” review: Yorgos Lanthimos takes on conspiracy hijinks

Oct 26, 2025

“Bugonia” explores the digital era of conspiracies, where multiple iterations of truths become increasingly accessible and believable. Two i...

“The Smashing Machine” review: Dwayne Johnson at his career-best

Oct 6, 2025

“The Smashing Machine” marks Benny Safdie’s first solo directorial effort for a feature project. Before, he and his brother Josh helmed film...

“Holy Cow” review

Oct 4, 2025

In “Holy Cow”, reckless 18-year-old Totone is thrust into adulthood after his father died in a fatal car accident, leaving him to take care ...

Review: “Him” struggles to keep up with its imagination

Oct 2, 2025

I have to applaud “Him”, directed by Justin Tipping and produced by Jordan Peele, for never shying away from the confines of the story it wa...

“One Battle After Another” review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest is a masterpiece

Sep 29, 2025

Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another”, loosely based on Thomas Pynchon’s “Vineland”, follows a group of revoluti...

“Prime Minister” review: Jacinda Ardern docu is an intriguing time capsule of NZ’s recent past

Sep 17, 2025

It’s 2017, and Jacinda Ardern was announced as the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand. She was 37, fierce yet reluctant, and pregnant. “Prim...

Review: “Sketch” is the family movie you should not miss

Sep 10, 2025

Here’s a quaint little film about a young girl who accidentally brings to life her notebook full of monster drawings, not knowing the havoc ...

Review: “The Roses” needs more ferocity

Sep 10, 2025

“The Roses”, the latest film adaptation of Warren Adler’s 1981 novel “The War of the Roses”, sees a married couple in complete shambles.  Iv...

Review: “The Conjuring: Last Rites” and its checklist of jump scares

Sep 3, 2025

With twenty years in the paranormal investigation business, Ed and Lorraine Warren have decided to retire from their profession to focus on ...

Review: “The Toxic Avenger” reboot brings a modern superhero take on the cult favorite

Aug 28, 2025

In today’s climate, where superhero films dominate our cinemas, Macon Blair’s reboot of “The Toxic Avenger” comes as a refreshing addition t...

“Weapons” review: Zach Cregger’s “Barbarian” follow-up is unapologetically scary

Aug 15, 2025

On one unassuming Wednesday night, exactly at 2:17 am in Maybrook, Pennsylvania, seventeen children in Justine Grady’s class got out of thei...

“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” review

Aug 14, 2025

Agathe Robinson (Camille Rutherford) is a reluctant Parisian writer working on her next romance story. She has already finished the first fe...

“Together” is a surprisingly romantic body horror about co-dependency

Jul 29, 2025

Michael Shanks’ “Together” follows Tim (Dave Franco) and Millie (Alison Brie), a couple who moved out of town with hopes to strengthen their...

“Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea” review

Jul 20, 2025

Winner of the “Tides of Change” award at this year’s Doc Edge Film Festival, Baby Ruth Villarama’s “Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Phili...

“Superman” review: A quirky, less brooding superhero might be the one we needed all along

Jul 11, 2025

We are now ushering in the new era of DC with DC Studios, under the leadership of James Gunn and Peter Safran. A stricter quality control is...

“Jurassic World Rebirth” review

Jul 8, 2025

How do you make a Jurassic Park movie without having your audience feel the need to compare it with the original?  Five sequels and counting...

Review: Brad Pitt-led “F1” is essentially Top Gun: Maverick on wheels

Jun 30, 2025

“F1” is the latest film from director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, the creative team behind “Top Gun: Maverick”.  In the ...

Review: “How to Train Your Dragon” live-action adaptation takes the animated original to new heights

Jun 13, 2025

In a group, I’m always the one who strongly opposes remakes, especially when the original film has stood the test of time and should remain ...

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