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Sean’s Top 10 Movies of 2021: CODA, Nightmare Alley & The Harder They Fall
You may have noticed that last year I didn't post a best of 2020 list. When the pandemic hit almost two years ago, it left me depressed and sapped my passion for writing movie reviews. I’m sure others experienced similar feelings related to what they loved doing when...
‘Parallel Mothers’ is A Provocative Drama Propelled by Powerful Performances (Review)
Since the late 1970s, filmmaking auteur Pedro Almodovar has received praise from critics and audiences in his home country of Spain as well as in North America, first breaking through stateside with Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown in 1988, then again with...
Kevin’s Top 10 Movies of 2021: Memoria, Licorice Pizza & West Side Story
2021 was a year that brought about strife not unlike the kind America went through over the course of 2020, from a seemingly ceaseless pandemic and an ongoing standstill between political parties over a myriad of issues to tensions amongst subgroups of society and a...
‘Scream’ is the Year’s First Bloody Good Time at the Theater (Review)
Who says you can’t release a good horror film outside the fall season? As awards season picks up steam and audiences start to slowly come off their high from last month’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, we set our sights on the New Year and the exciting film slate ahead....
‘Belle’ is a Fantastic Fairy Tale Set in a Wondrous Online World (Review)
In 2018, anime director Mamoru Hosoda received an Academy Award nomination for Mirai, which enthralled audiences with gorgeous animation and a wondrous coming-of-age narrative that explored the psychology of its child protagonist well, yet was lacking in thematic...
Ben Affleck Shines in Otherwise by the Books Drama ‘Tender Bar’
Despite A-list star George Clooney churning out some duds behind the camera, including last year’s pricey The Midnight Sky from Netflix and 2017’s Suburbicon starring Matt Damon, he still should appear on the radar whether he’s starring or directing. Clooney’s latest...
Joel Coen Brilliantly Adapts ‘The Tragedy Of Macbeth’ with Masterful Minimalism (Review)
William Shakespeare’s timeless play Macbeth has been adapted to film several times over the years, from Akira Kurosawa’s samurai epic Throne of Blood and Orson Welles’ 1948 adaptation to Justin Kurzel’s dreamlike retelling that starred Michael Fassbender and Marion...
‘The King’s Man’ takes a more serious, historical turn for the franchise (Review)
For a film series primarily known for its spunk, it’s a bit shocking to see Matthew Vaughn take his third foray into the Kingsman universe and ring it dry of its bite. What often felt like a direct lampoon of the Daniel Craig James Bond films and a hyperreactive 2010s...
‘Licorice Pizza’ is a Hilarious and Heartfelt Coming-Of-Age Opus from Paul Thomas Anderson (Review)
Ever since debuting with Hard Eight and Boogie Nights in 1997, Paul Thomas Anderson has been a constant presence in the conversation about the best contemporary filmmaking auteur working today, and he continues to solidify himself as such with his new film, Licorice...