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FILM REVIEWS


GODZILLA x KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE
By far the silliest entry in Warner's Monsterverse saga so far, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire eschews the human touch altogether and...
Mar 31, 2024


YELLOW DOOR: '90s LO-FI FILM CLUB
For cinephiles in general, and Bong Joon-Ho fans in particular, Yellow Door is a nostalgic treat, but an overall lack of explanatory...
Mar 30, 2024


GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is a serviceable sequel that starts off well but gradually gets bogged down in an underdeveloped narrative...
Mar 25, 2024


DREAM SCENARIO
Unlike most other films that dream up an out-there premise, Dream Scenario cleverly follows through on its timely themes and brooding...
Mar 24, 2024


KUNG FU PANDA 4
The fun energy between Jack Black and new recruit Awkwafina adds freshness to Kung Fu Panda 4 and the action scenes are a blast but too...
Mar 20, 2024


J'AIME LA VIE
For a film that was marketed as an ode to life J’aime la Vie is a surprisingly drab and joyless affair: the movie hopes to coast by on...
Mar 17, 2024


THE TASTE OF THINGS (LA PASSION DE DODIN BOUFFANT)
Do not go hungry into French film The Taste of Things or you risk salivating two hours on end, not so much for the trifle of a story or...
Mar 15, 2024


MAY DECEMBER
Is the camp there to mask the seriousness of the subject in May December, or does director Todd Haynes use it to hide in plain sight that...
Mar 13, 2024


HOW TO HAVE SEX
The raw emotion and astute observations in rite of passage film How to Have Sex owe a lot to the excellent lead performance of Mia...
Mar 7, 2024


AMERICAN FICTION
Is American Fiction enough of a satire to make a valid, stingy critique on the African-American perception or is the film mere...
Mar 6, 2024


NEXT GOAL WINS
If most of what you see in Next Goal Wins hadn’t actually happened you would not have believed it, and even if you would, Taika Waititi’s...
Mar 3, 2024
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