You wanted Beanie Feldstein front and center? Well, if you’ve been watching movies for the past few years, you have. And now is your chance to thank the movie gods, because she very much is in How to Build a…
‘The Half of It’ Movie Review: Netflix’s Teen Rom-Com Smartly Takes on Cyrano de Bergerac
Many films know how to kick things off right, but few manage to stay that way. The Netflix film, The Half of It, declares its intentions straightaway with a quick summary of how the ancient Greeks viewed love, which was…
Bombshell Movie Review: Even Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie can’t make this story truly explosive
The main issue with Bombshell is a certain lack of perception, a reticence to truly examine a culture that was practically guaranteed to implode one way or another. To the film’s credit, it does dive into the story of the…
Richard Jewell Movie Review: Clint Eastwood’s latest is “#NotAllMen The Movie”
Richard Jewell just might be a contender for the most unintentionally ironic movie ever made. It tells the story of a wrongly accused man, but it does justice to no one. Not Richard Jewell (Paul Walter Hauser), the man who…
Charlie’s Angels Movie Review: Feminist action heroines fly, but don’t soar
Charlie’s Angels doesn’t just have a feminist legacy, but a very specific type, or shall we say, brand. One that unapologetically places just as much emphasis on its female characters’ beauty and fashion choices as it does their kickass action…
Judy Movie Review: Garland and Zellweger deserve better than another mediocre biopic
Today in stories of men who take it upon themselves to tell the story of a woman’s pain, we have the well-intentioned Judy, which fails to fully bring the performer to life. Renée Zellweger incredible efforts can’t save it despite…
TIFF 2019 Movie Review: Tom Hanks makes A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood a Place We’d All Like to Call Home
The fact that the biographical drama A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood exists shows just how hungry we are for what the man at its center represented. Fred Rogers, or Mr. Rogers, as the public knew him, radiated kindness and…
