Sundance 2021 Movie Review: ‘The World to Come’
“With little pride and less hope, we begin the new year.” While those words could adequately characterize a more recent time period, in ...
Movie Reviews
Movie Review: ‘Manchester by the Sea’
Casey Affleck is one of our finest actors, but he often gets overshadowed by his big brother, Ben Affleck. Even before Ben got ...
DVD & Blu-Ray Reviews
Blu-Ray Review: ‘The Finest Hours’
I reviewed The Finest Hours for its theatrical release back in January, but my affinity for the charms of Chris Pine prompted me ...
Movie Reviews
Movie Review: ‘Triple 9’
Opening with a thrilling bank heist perpetrated by a group of highly-skilled and heavily-armed operatives, John Hillcoat’s Triple 9 throws its first curveball somewhere around ...
Movie Reviews
Movie Review: ‘The Finest Hours’
In the winter of 1952, the combination of an arrogant captain and a brutal storm results in the hull of the SS Pendleton rupturing ...
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Out of the Furnace’
Sadly and almost criminally overlooked during awards season, Out of the Furnace was one of my favorite films of 2013. Written and directed ...
Movie Reviews
REVIEW – ‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints’ is a haunting, beautiful fragment of a completed work.
A beautiful, melancholy film that feels more like a work-in-progress than a complete story.
