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Movie Reviews

  • Stars at Noon Review

    Stars at Noon is the second film of 2022 for fence filmmaker Claire Denis. The other one, Both Sides of the Blade starring Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon (Titane) was almost unwatchable. Her film High Life from 2018 starring Robert… Continue reading

  • Enola Holmes 2 Review

    Enola Holmes was a surprise hit for Netflix a couple of years ago. It was a funny action adventure film starring one of their darlings Millie Bobby Brown. One of the stars of the huge hit series Stranger Things. She… Continue reading

  • Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Review

    Tales of the Jedi is a series of short animated episodes, not as long as The Clone Wars or the Bad Batch but still very good and very informative while also being at the same time very entertaining. The show… Continue reading

  • Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities Review

    Guillermo del Toro is a director and writer who likes to create weird or out-of-the-ordinary types of characters and stories. His early work Chronos, The Devil’s Backbone, and Pan’s Labyrinth are prime examples of this style. His last film Nightmare… Continue reading

  • Wendell & Wild Review

    Monkey Paw Productions is the production company of Jordan Peele the actor/director of such films as Get Out, Us android past summer hit sci-fi horror film Nope. Peele has teamed up with Henry Selick, the filmmaker behind Coraline, A Nightmare… Continue reading

  • Black Adam Review

    Black Adam has been a project in the making for about fifteen years now. Dwayne Johnson was a fan of the DCEU and DC comics in general but he wanted to see a different area of the universe explored as… Continue reading

  • The Good Nurse Review

    Jessica Chastain is coming off a Best Actress win for her role as Tammy Faye Baker at the Academy Awards last March. So all eyes are going to be on her for what roles she chooses or has come up… Continue reading

  • The School For Good and Evil Review

    Paul Feig is an established director and producer of such films as Bridesmaids, Spy,  and A Simple Favor. He has made films in the action genre, romantic comedy genre, and sci-fi genre. Now he ventures into the family/ fantasy genre… Continue reading

  • Ticket to Paradise Review

    The years of good or even great rom-coms have gone the way of the doh-doh bird. They are almost extinct. Occasionally we may get one here or there that isn’t dumb or contrived or use toilet humor to get laughs… Continue reading

  • Triangle of Sadness Review

    Ruben Ostlund is a director that isn’t shy about putting controversial topics in his films. He has dealt with topics of marriage and relationships in Force Majeure and business and expressionism in The Square. Now he tackles the class system… Continue reading