“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
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“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
“Wonder Woman 1984” Review
2017’s Wonder Woman featured the Amazon warrior of Diana Prince trying to prove that humanity is worth saving from the wrath of warring gods. The follow-up film finds the hero,
“Soul” Review
I have severely mixed feelings about Soul taking such a light yet abstract take on existentialism. At its heart, yes, it’s a film more about inspiration and the importance of
“Synchronic” Review
The sci-fi mystery of Synchronic starts off fairly scientific but quickly veers off into wilder territory. The initial explanation for its fantastical appeal of time-travel drugs is that a pill