Category: Featured

The Drama

Upon its theatrical release in April, few people knew the basic plot of The Drama, just that it presented itself as an offbeat romantic comedy, starring two beautiful movie stars on the verge of gettingRead Full Review

The Odyssey

It’s impossible to watch Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and not be bowled over by the sheer scope of it. Oppenheimer gave Nolan his deserved Oscar, and it’s accompanied box office success gave him – andRead Full Review

How to Make a Killing

You watch Glen Powell in a movie like Richard Linklater’s Hit Man (and to a lesser degree, Top Gun: Maverick or Everybody Wants Some!!), and you’re convinced that he is a natural movie star. ButRead Full Review

Toy Story 5

It’s difficult, now, to illustrate the revolutionary impact of the first Toy Story film on movie audiences back in 1995. I was six when the film was first released. In other words, I was theRead Full Review

Project Hail Mary

For a directing pair that hadn’t made a film in twelve years, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have certainly put their stamp on Hollywood. Their filmography, which includes the animated films Cloudy with a ChanceRead Full Review

Disclosure Day

Steven Spielberg’s fervent populism never shines brighter than in his alien movies. Beginning with 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Spielberg went against the common wisdom of most popular science fiction and dared toRead Full Review

I Love Boosters

Musician-turned-filmmaker Boots Riley is proving to be Hollywood’s most audacious, leftist iconoclast. Seems like a contradiction in terms, which is perhaps why his films take no chances on being misconstrued. His first film, 2018’s SorryRead Full Review

Send Help

You watch a movie like Send Help – a very clever, well-written, star-led genre film – and you can get a good sense of the state of the industry today. The movie is directed byRead Full Review