She Said joins a long line of splendid dramas regarding journalism, current events and social causes — films like Five Star Final (1932), Deadline U. S. A. (1952), All the President’s Men (1976) and Spotlight (2015). These films matter because they reinforce the importance […]
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Devotion (2022) ☆ ☆ ☆
There have only been a bit more than one hundred English language feature films made about the Korean War; about half that many if one strictly chooses combat stories. I should know; I wrote a book about this topic (Korean […]
Continue reading »Bones and All (2022) ☆ ☆ ☆
I have always argued that good movies can be about anything — even, in this case, cannibalism. The act of eating other people is certainly repulsive, yet there is a certain horrifying beauty to this story, which I think treats […]
Continue reading »Immanence (2022) ☆ 1/2
When a movie promises first contact between humans and aliens, I pay attention. This one, even with its weird title, looked like it might be dramatic and creepy, and perhaps thrilling. No thrills surfaced but it does maintain a creep […]
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Strange World is a wildly innovative film that, sadly, is less than it should be. Much less. Clearly the folks at Disney didn’t know how market it because even the first previews for it seemed off, as if they didn’t know […]
Continue reading »Ticket to Paradise (2022) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Ticket to Paradise is a familiar romantic comedy about the divorced parents of a young woman who decides to get married herself, and their efforts to change her mind. Ol Parker’s film is as formulaic as one can imagine: the […]
Continue reading »Black Adam (2022) ☆ ☆
Newest among the DC Superhero crew is Teth-Adam, an Egyptian slave-cum-immortal who is even angrier all the time than Batman. Summoned back into action after a five thousand year nap, Teth-Adam bends the rules about being a superhero and finds […]
Continue reading »The Batman (2022) ☆
People and their opinions can be typed in many ways: do you prefer meat or vegetables? Ginger or Mary Ann? Republican or Democrat? Batman or Superman? For me, it has always been Superman. As a kid I think I liked […]
Continue reading »Halloween Ends (2022) ☆ 1/2
The long-running horror series is — yet again — finally coming to an end, and that is a good thing. After a great beginning there is no question that the Michael Myers saga has run its course. It’s about damn […]
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I often opine about modern action movies which (I feel) often exploit their characters in favor of bone breaking fight choreography and unrealistic violence. Well, here is one with solid reasoning for its action, which is presented in realistic fashion. […]
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