Reviews

Now THIS is a movie I know many of you have been waiting for! And with many theatres revving back up in North America, I can’t think of a better reason to get back out to the cinema for a big, wide-screen presentation of IN THE HEIGHTS. I have been waiting, like many film fans, […]

MORTAL KOMBAT, directed by Simon McQuoid, is a reboot of the franchise’s film companion. Some may recall Paul Anderson’s 1995 hit movie, memorably starring Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Christopher Lambert. This reboot often followed some of the same beats, and featured many of the same characters.  Familiarity with the lore and characters is not required. Fans […]

RIDERS OF JUSTICE had my attention from beginning to end and it’s an incredible action-slash-comedy from Denmark. It’s a country that has some amazing action films in the last decade and this is no exception. I go every year to Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX and this is the type of film that would been […]

Roughly thirteen months ago, most of us had to alter the way we live our daily lives when the pandemic shut everything down. A… lot has happened since then, but in March 2020 I was already in a state of change: after almost four years at the largest movie theatre in my city, I’d decided […]

SHIVA BABY (Emma Seligman) has its viewers attending a Jewish Shiva, a mourning period for immediate family, and this film excels at making everyone feel like immediate family. Primarily following the experiences of Danielle (Rachel Sennett), she is first seen having a sexual encounter, later revealed to be a paid arrangement. She claims to make […]

As NOBODY opens, we see our lead Hutch (Bob Odenkirk) sitting at an interrogation table smoking a cigarette and being asked to identify himself. Hutch calls himself “a nobody”. Suddenly, we go back in time and make his acquaintance. Hutch is a guy with his work and life routine. He’s a family man working a […]

Directed by Lance Oppenheim, SOME KIND OF HEAVEN begins with the sounds of a pipe organ, alluding to funerals or church services, as the title subtly suggests. The story takes place in America’s largest retirement community: The Villages in Florida. Introduced in an overview alike a promo for a tourist attraction, The Villages is a sort […]

I know it has been mentioned many times before on our site by yours truly but reader…I miss movie theatres. As much as I love my 4k TV at home, there is nothing like the cinema experience for particular movies that require not only a giant wide screen and a bombastic sound system to not […]

VANGUARD is a recent Chinese action film, and the latest outing for the legendary Jackie Chan and his director Stanley Tong, one of Chan’s regular collaborators. The movie is named after the private army of its story. Vanguard employs military trained soldiers, and other uniquely talented individuals, to protect their clients. In this story, Vanguard […]

SOUND OF METAL (Darius Marder) is an affecting journey from club stages to stillness in a quiet world. The film primarily follows Ruben Stone (Riz Ahmed), a drummer for a heavy metal act called Blackgammon. Ruben and his partner Lou (Olivia Cooke) live in an Airstream motorhome that serves as a residence and travelling studio. […]

MONSTER HUNTER, directed by Paul W. S. Anderson (known for the first RESIDENT EVIL movie) is a film adaptation of a long-running Capcom video game series. I have only a passing familiarity with the games, so I can’t speak to any Easter eggs, or backstory, that more experienced players might notice.  The story establishes that […]

It isn’t often that a movie can be described as endearing, yet that was the feeling that permeated MINARI (Lee Isaac Chung). The film has a ‘slice of life’ presentation, as it follows a tumultuous period for a Korean family.  Moving from California, we join the family in their car, as they follow a moving […]