The Sins of Cinestate
During the 2010s, Dallas Sonnier was a rising talent of a filmmaking producer. He moved from Texas to California and would start out as a producer and executive producer on
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All Things Movies With Mark McPherson
“Raya and the Last Dragon” Review
As with the best of Disney’s modern animated films, Raya and the Last Dragon takes viewers to a different world. The story is set in a fantastical and original world,
“Flora & Ulysses” Review
It’d be so easy for something like Flora & Ulysses to be a par-for-the-course cute animal movie, where a clearly CGI pet helps saves the day. Thankfully, director Lena Khan
“Nomadland” Review
The most beautiful and elaborate scene in Nomadland features Frances McDormand walking at dawn. She strolls past a few other parked cars and trailers amid a collective of nomadic people.
“Malcolm & Marie” Review
There’s a jarring aspect to Malcolm & Marie being an artsy bottle picture of a bickering couple while also being a commentary on film and film criticism. The titular couple
“Bliss” Review
Mike Cahill’s filmography of high-concept sci-fi has perhaps straddled my expectations so high for Bliss that’s a towering disappointment of reality contemplation. The big ideas are there, the existential questioning
“Land” Review
A woman goes up to the mountains to get away for a while but we don’t know from what. She hitches a ride up to a cabin and lives on
“The Little Things” Review
There’s a scene in this retro crime thriller where Denzel Washington swipes the trash of a suspect in a murder case. He sorts through the trash not looking for some
“WandaVision” Review (Episodes 1-3)
There’s a surreal charm and also a pleasing divergence within WandaVision. Sure, the show starts with the familiar Marvel Studios logo reveal we’ve become used to with every Marvel Cinematic
The Best Movies of 2020
While much of the world spent 2020 out of the movie theaters, this was not an awful year in terms of quality films. It wasn’t a light year either despite