“The Ugly Stepsister” Review
Fairy tales have been contorting back from the Disney glaze of wholesomeness to be a little darker and more questioning of perspectives, where even Disney was taking a swing towards
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All Things Movies With Mark McPherson
“In Your Dreams” (2025) Review
For the second year in a row, Netflix has graced the holiday season with an animated adventure about a family grappling with divorce. While the subject is one worth exploring,
“Frankenstein” (2025) Review
There’s a love that Guillermo del Toro brings to his take on the classic literary and film monster. While his version of Frankenstein stays closer to the Mary Shelley novel,
“Nouvelle Vague” Review
Trying to divulge the role Jean-Luc Godard played in the French New Wave is a task littered with landmines of artistic ego and pretension. Thankfully, director Richard Linklater doesn’t do
“Peter Hujar’s Day” Review
Director Ira Sachs does something amazing in how he frames a mere interview. Peter Hujar’s Day is a simplistic film on paper, based on a recorded conversation between photographer Peter
“The Running Man” (2025) Review
It might come as a surprise that director Edgar Wright doesn’t proceed with his familiar rip-roaringness for his adaptation of The Running Man. His usual slick and speedy style of
“The Baltimorons” Review
The Baltimorons is a Christmas dramedy that feels more genuine, never too melodramatic or morose about the holiday. Yet there’s still a bit of magic to how this unorthodox film
“Nuremberg” (2025) Review
A fresh adaptation of Nuremberg is so perfectly poignant in the new age of America’s fascistic state that it’d be easy to recommend the film on that merit alone. The
“Die My Love” Review
Director Lynne Ramsay has an incredible ability to dig deep into the darkness of troubled psyches and stay there for hours, more sketching the details than seeking some prized answer
“Predator: Badlands” Review
Badlands certainly has the flavor of a franchise that has been given a marketable makeover better suited for a blockbuster. With PG-13 violence favoring a sci-fi adventure loaded with humorous