FILM REVIEWSCRAMBLEDRated R97 MinutesLimited Release February 2nd In Scrambled, her first feature film as a director, Leah McKendrick has painted a vivid picture of the pain, heartache, deep frustration, and joy of possessing a mid-30s […]
FILM REVIEWAMERICAN FICTIONRated R117 MinutesReleased December 22nd Oscar Nominations: Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score If you told me Woody Allen had a hand in writing this film, I would believe you. […]
FILM REVIEWTHE COLOR PURPLERated PG-13140 MinutesReleased December 25th Like the historical novel it’s based on, The Color Purple follows a close-knit group of people from a Southern town through history from 1907 to 1957. That’s […]
FILM REVIEWPOOR THINGSRated R141 MinutesLimited Release December 8th, Wide Release December 22nd, Multiple Award Nominations One day in 2009, an aspiring filmmaker from Greece named Yorgos Lanthimos approached Scottish writer and artist Alasdair Gray about […]
WONKARated {G}116 MinutesReleased December 15th Wonka is a colorful, imaginative, and genuinely heartfelt movie that lures the viewer into a dreamscape of color, music, and story inhabited by eccentrically lovable characters. The story is a […]
FILM REVIEW MAESTRORated R129 MinutesLimited Release November 22nd now at Laemmle Monica Center, Netflix Release December 20th The making of this movie is a story of extreme persistence, perseverance, and passion. This is a poetic study […]
FILM REVIEWMAY DECEMBERRated R117 MinutesReleased December 1st, Screening at the Bay Theatre in Pacific Palisades and on Netflix May December is a beautifully shot, acted, and edited movie by noted indie director Todd Haynes (Wonderstruck, […]
FILM REVIEWPRISCILLARated R113 MinutesReleased November 3rd Adapted from Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir Elvis and Me, this movie illuminates Priscilla’s life with Elvis through Priscilla’s eyes. Director Sofia Coppola presents her subject as a thoughtful, independent, inexperienced […]
FILM REVIEWWHAT HAPPENS LATERRated R105 MinutesReleased November 3rd This movie surprised me. I expected a light, puffy relationship romp but this was a two-character psychological study of human connection that went to much darker places […]
FILM REVIEWKILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOONRated R206 MinutesReleased October 20th So…3 ½ hours? I was dreading this movie simply because I have a hyperactive nature, and it’s insanely painful for me to sit still that […]
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