Enola Holmes is the joy we needed from 2020. Watching the trailer, it seemed like we were getting a lighthearted version of a Sherlock Holmes detective story; instead the film lands in charming waters but manages to provide some deep…
Ocean’s 8 Movie Review: A Glossy, Glitzy Good Time
The trend of feminizing male franchises won’t fix the gender issues that plague cinema, and they shouldn’t be considered a mark of progress. Feminism isn’t solved because we remade Ocean’s 8 with women. However, there are opportunities to create truly…
Movie Review: Alice Through The Looking Glass
Alice In Wonderland came out roughly six years ago, so my memory was definitely a little foggy when I saw the sequel. But with this sequel came a sense of nostalgia, even though the gap between the movies was big it still…
Movie Review: ‘Suffragette’
Suffragette, like last year’s Selma, benefits from the fact that its release is coinciding with several social justice movements. The release of Selma seemed perfectly timed, highlighting the similarities between the Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter. But the…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘The Young & Prodigious T.S. Spivet’
Jeunet’s eccentric playfulness with the tone and pacing of The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet may prove an unwarranted distraction to viewer’s unfamiliar with Jeunet’s style.
First Full-Length Trailer for ‘Suffragette’ Debuts
The first trailer for the Carey Mulligan-led Suffragette is here and immediately has catapulted itself into one of my most anticipated films of the year. With an enormously talented cast that consists of not only Mulligan but Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter,…