★★★ Imagine for a moment a world in which you cannot go to sleep. No, I don’t mean a demon that will haunt your dreams like Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street. You literally can’t sleep. The phones aren’t working, the power is out, and the military shows up… There is no such … Continue reading Film Review: Awake
Film Review: The Woman in the Window
★★★★ The Woman in the Window, the latest in the long line of best-selling, mystery-book film adaptations, gives Amy Adams the chance to fill the shoes of an agoraphobic shut-in. Many viewers will unintentionally relate as those lucky enough to work from home may have barely left their homes in the past year. The long-delayed … Continue reading Film Review: The Woman in the Window
Film Review: Monster
★★★★ Monster, the new drama from Netflix, originally made its debut at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The searing courtroom thriller based on the novel by Walter Dean Myers follows Steve (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), a 17-year old who gets caught up in a drugstore robbery gone bad. Now, he’s viewed as nothing but a “monster” … Continue reading Film Review: Monster
Film Review: Oxygen
★★★★ Oxygen hails from one of the most consistent horror directors alive, Alexandre Aja, so it’s no surprise to see it lightly tinged with darkness and terror. Responsible for two complete front-to-back masterpieces, 2003’s High Tension and 2006’s The Hills Have Eyes, Aja proves here once more that he’s a master of suspense. The Netflix … Continue reading Film Review: Oxygen
Film Review: The Mitchells vs. The Machines
★★★★★ The Mitchells vs The Machines employs a successful formula right out of the gate: the new Sony Animation adventure/comedy is engaging and insightful well before the robots enter the picture. It molds a family unit that’s virtually impossible not to fall in love with. Moreover, its world is so energetic and colorful that The … Continue reading Film Review: The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Film Review: Thunder Force
★★ Thunder Force, the fifth cinematic collaboration between Ben Falcone and his wife Melissa McCarthy, tries hard to pass for light superhero fluff. Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer is somehow roped into this crazy universe. Spencer and McCarthy shine together; however, I wish their characters had been even more polar opposite. The superhero spoof angle never digs … Continue reading Film Review: Thunder Force
Film Review: I Care A Lot
★★★★★ If you thought Rosamund Pike couldn’t get any crazier after her completely unhinged performance in 2014’s Gone Girl, think again. I Care a Lot is my favorite film I’ve seen from Pike’s filmography, a dark and gutsy cat-and-mouse thriller where the leverage is our healthcare system itself. The commentary never feels heavy-handed or exploitative, … Continue reading Film Review: I Care A Lot
Film Review: To All The Boys: Always and Forever
★★★ As the third film in an admittedly pretty great Netflix romantic comedy trilogy, To All The Boys: Always and Forever does a good job of bringing things full circle and providing an ending for our characters while still leaving the door slightly ajar in case they want to continue this series in the future. … Continue reading Film Review: To All The Boys: Always and Forever