Directed by: Jay Roach Written by: Tony McNamara Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Sunita Mani Rating: [4/5] Of the…
Rental Family (2025)
Hikari re-affirms her talent for creating uplifting and touching filmic experiences. Rental Family (2025)
“The Plague”
A dark meditation on adolescence, cruelty, and the cost of belonging. “The Plague”
Poor Things is a weird film with great acting where eventually I understood what the story is about!!! Real Rating:…
Greetings again from the darkness. The concept is interesting and relatable. A woman undertakes the solving of a mystery, and…
Nuremberg
Well, for sure this is no masterpiece. This will not rank alongside Stanley Kramer’s film in the annals of cinema.…
Primate
It might as well be subtitled: “Blood and Bananas.” “Primate” is probably the movie I wanted out of the new…
The thought of owning a monkey as a pet always seemeddangerous to me. Primate creates that situation and throws in moments of mayhem and horror. Directed by Johannes…
Greetings again from the darkness. Well, it’s not exactly a ‘good cop/bad cop’ scenario, since only one of them is…
Mermaid, Bitch
“I have scales. This is so f***ed!” True friendship endures many challenges. But what if one of those challenges happens…
A gem where connections are found in unlikely places. A masterclass of comedy about finding meaning after loss. The Baltimorons is a Christmas…
Boundaries are crossed in After the Hunt, a film in which lies come back into play with disciplinary matters at hand. Directed by Luca Guadagnino, this film’s writing is disturbing yetrealistic in a…
Sundance 2026 Review: Josephine
Year: 2026 Runtime: 114 minutes Director/Writer: Beth de Araújo Actors: Mason Reeves, Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan, Philip Ettinger, Syra McCarthy,…
Ballad of a Small Player (2025)
It may be all style and no substance, but there is never a dull moment in Edward Berger’s psychological drama,…
Goodbye June
This depressing holiday drama is predictable, emotionally draining, and ultimately forgettable.
This is a lighthearted comedy that works to find an escape from reality. It is an unexpected “reality” of finding joy in times that…
THE MOMENT
Reporting from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. If Charli XCX had her say, brat summer would be here to stay.…
Sinners
Amongst his many other achievements with the Black Panther films, Ryan Coogler, in telling the story of Wakanda, managed to…
Die My Love
Over at Exclaim!, I reviewed Die My Love. The drama explores the pressures of motherhood and the ways it can…