Opening this week at the Screenland at Tapcade after a successful run in the festival circuit, Zoology is a headscratcher, but an admittedly interesting one. What it lacks in thematic focus it almost makes up for with its concept and fantastic cast…almost.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
This documentary about all-female mid-90s grunge band L7 tells a story that unintentionally become timeless to different generations.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
‘Paint it Black’ is the directorial debut of actress Amber Tamblyn, and deals with the loss of loved ones in this grief-stricken drama.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
‘Toni Erdmann’ is funny, unpredictable, and delectable throughout its entirety. It is with no small amount of anger, however, that I must report that Blu-ray edition is being released only as “Manufactured on Demand.”
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Jackie isn’t standard biopic fare, but instead a hugely resonant examination of conflicting emotions, grief in the spotlight, and the blurry lines between real people and myth-making.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
While the destination reached by the end of A Monster Calls is probably a good place for any child to be, it’s not a very rewarding journey getting there.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Why do I do this? Why do I spend this much time and mental energy on this fruitless task? Why doesn’t my mother look me in the eye anymore? I don’t know! Let’s talk 2016!
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
‘Jackie’ is the story of one woman’s attempt to put the pieces of her life back together following an unspeakable tragedy, and what that means when one is doing it on the biggest, most public of stages.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Manchester by the Sea was chosen as the Best Film of 2016 by the Kansas City Film Critics Circle, the second oldest critics group in the country.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Normally I write my reviews immediately after seeing the film, but with ‘La La Land’ I did no such thing. After a month, how does it hold up?
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is probably like…the ninth best Harry Potter film. That’s not to say it isn’t good; it’s actually a lot of fun and maintains the spirit of the original series, but it feels uneven at times and unmotivated at others.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Let’s be clear: There is enough remarkable footage of hot magma bursts and erupting volcanoes to make any straight-up nature documentary jealous. But Herzog’s interests are cultural.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Being a raunchy Christmas movie, the obvious comparison Uncle Nick will get is to Bad Santa.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is as safe as mainstream entertainment gets, but it succeeds in that modest goal and is a welcome respite from the world-destroying robots, disaster films, and apocalypses of late.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Animated film ‘Miss Hokusai’ is a contemplative, rather Zen experience.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
