Review: Blonde
Blonde from Director Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) takes the well-known, sad story of Marilyn Monroe, from her tragic childhood to her tabloid fodder death,…
Quickie review: Crime Story
Sometimes the right ingredients do not make the tastiest meal. That's the sad case in Crime Story, a revenge thriller starring Oscar winners Richard Dreyfuss and Mira Sorvino. He's reformed…
Mini-review: Siberia
The bromance between director Abel Ferrara and Willem Dafoe has reached its zenith with their latest collaboration. Each year for the last three in June I've watched Dafoe play a…
Quickie Review: Stars Fell on Alabama
It could've been worse. I could have paid to see Stars Fell on Alabama in a theater. Instead, I was able to float mindlessly through this romantic dramedy as if…
Review: The Midnight Sky
Not sure what George Clooney thought he was making, but this post-apocalyptic drama is a slog. In it a heavily bearded Augustine Lofthouse (Clooney) is left behind at an arctic…
Review: Rebecca
If you haven't seen the classic version of Rebecca, you might be entertained by this latest melodramatic take. But that 1940 film starred Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine and was…
Quickie Review: Guest of Honour
Somewhere in this movie from director Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter) is a decent story, but you really have to work to find it. It's a father-daughter melodrama about Jim…
Quickie Review: Tommaso
I know I'm the Arty Chick, but this one is too arty for me. I'll admit from the get-go that I've never been a big fan of Abel Ferrara. He's…
Quickie Review: Arkansas
Arkansas is one of those indie flicks that somehow finagled a pretty impressive cast - Liam Hemsworth, Vince Vaughn, John Malkovich, Vivica A. Fox - even though it's directed by…
Mini-review: A Patient Man
This one is so very indie. Not a recognizable big-name actor in sight. That's sometimes a good thing. You don't know where to look, who is the important person. Sadly…
Quickie Review: The Kitchen
The Kitchen. Just stay out of it. As much as I’d like to support a film helmed by a woman (Andrea Berloff in her directorial debut) and led by a…
Review: The Mountain
Set in the 50s, The Mountain is the story of Andy (Tye Sheridan, Ready Player One), a directionless young man. Early in the film his father dies and he meets…
Quickie Review: Serenity
Chances are you've already heard or read: This movie kinda sucks. So I won't delve too deep into the waters of this fish tale gone awry. Suffice it to say,…
Review: Destroyer
When beautiful actresses make themselves ugly for a role, it's always hard to see them that way. In Destroyer, Nicole Kidman plays an LA detective whose life took a dark…
Review: Vox Lux
Vox Lux aka A Pop Star is Born begins in 1999 with a school shooting where young Celeste played by Raffey Cassidy (Tomorrowland, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) is…