Film Review: Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Two hundred million dollars. Thousands and thousands of hours of work. Hundreds and hundreds of talented people who excitedly told their families that they…
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Film Review: Maria by Callas (2017)
Maria Callas, the beautiful Greek-American soprano, is a name familiar to anyone who loves opera. She is considered to be the greatest soprano of…
Film Review: The Bikes of Wrath (2019)
There are many reasons to go on a particular, specific road-trip: you saw it in a film and fell in love with the scenery…
Film Review: If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
It doesn’t matter how serious your film is; you can always make it about love. That’s apparently the philosophy of Barry Jenkins, the Oscar…
Film Review: On the Basis of Sex (2018)
In 1956 Harvard had five hundred students enrolled in its prestigious law school. Nine of them were women, one of which was Ruth Bader…
Film Review: Ben Is Back (2018)
Ben Is Back is a personal film for its writer and director, Peter Hedges. While not based on any one true story, it is…
Film Review: The Mule (2018)
At the incredible age of eighty-eight Clint Eastwood shows no signs of slowing down. With almost one film directed or produced every year since…
Film Review: Free Solo (2018)
As filmgoers we’re immune to seeing characters flirt with death, suffer cruel injuries and even fall from extreme heights. But in most cases, we’re…
Film Review: Storm Boy (2019)
Based on Colin Thiele’s children’s book, which gave us the Australian classic from 1976, Shawn Seet’s remake of Storm Boy is a decent adaptation which…
Film Review: Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
Having been in the pipeline for several years, Mary Queen of Scots, directed by Josie Rourke, finally makes it to the big screen. Based…