Reviews
Olivia Colman is the Lone Brilliance in Aimless ‘Empire of Light’ (Review)
Academy Award winner Olivia Colman manages the historic Empire Theatre during the rise of Margaret Thatcher in the newest film from Sam Mendes. Ever since making his directorial feature debut with American Beauty in 1999, Sam Mendes has established himself as a...
The Letterboxd Files with Cory: Vol. 12
Alright, kids, it's time for another Letterboxd Report with your favorite Nashville-based film critic named Cory, me. Let's cut the chit-chat and start that reviewing. On the count of three... The Menu A delightfully despicable B-horror comedy disguised as an...
‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ is Just as Good as ‘Knives Out’ (Review)
Director Rian Johnson delivers another appetizing whodunnit in this follow-up to the 2019 smash-hit.
‘Disney Channel’s Theme: A History Mystery’ a masterful dive into something unexpected
Comparison is the thief of joy. There's nothing truer in the space of the professional artist, in the neverending hierarchy that separates an Oscar winner from an eighth-grade camera whiz making a home movie with his friends. Artists are blessed with an ability...
‘The Fabelmans’ is One of Steven Spielberg’s Best Films (Review)
Only a few movies that hit the big screen in 2022 will be as memorable or powerful as The Fabelmans. Steven Spielberg is undoubtedly one of the best filmmakers of all time. From Jaws to Jurassic Park and more recently The Post and West Side Story, he has touched...
‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ is a Stunning Stop-Motion Epic (Review)
Guillermo del Toro adapts Carlo Collodi's classic tale about the wooden boy come to life with impeccable humanity in his newest film for Netflix. Stop motion animation has had a bit of a resurgence in this calendar year, from Phil Tippett’s macabre masterpiece Mad God...
‘Stutz’ Gives Jonah Hill a Remarkably Tenderhearted Platform to Honor His Therapist (Review)
In both of his films, actor-turned-filmmaker Jonah Hill has cut a part of his life out and sculpted it into something beautiful and abundant in meaning. With Mid90s, he scrapbooked the dog days of his 90s youth into a film about growing up too fast. It felt a...
The Letterboxd Files with Cory: Vol. 11
Hello, 615ers! We've got more Letterboxd-ing to do. Strap in and buckle up and ... y'know ... huddle. I don't know. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever We may never get a movie exactly like Black Panther: Wakanda Forever again, a film so engulfed in tragedy and...
Phase 4 Ends on Graceful Note with ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ (Review)
While not as memorable as its predecessor, director Ryan Coogler handles this respectable sequel with grace.
Dark Comedy ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Could Be Awards Dark Horse (Review)
The latest film from director Martin McDonagh is now playing in theaters everywhere.
‘Meet Me in the Bathroom’ a Nostalgic Ode to NYC’s Alt-Rock (Review)
The Strokes and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are but a couple bands probed about their start in the Big Apple in this new music documentary from Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern.
‘Decision to Leave’ is a Sensuous and Spellbinding Neo-Noir (Review)
A police detective falls in a tangled web of love and obsession with his murder suspect in the latest romance thriller from Park Chan-wook.