Love, Basketball, and Boogie. Boogie is Eddie Huang’s isolation play against mainstream Hollywood—an offensive one-on-one strategy that pits his first feature film against a stubbornly traditional entertainment industry. In an environment where name recognition is key to elevating new stories…
‘Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry’ review: Singer lays her life bare
“You guys need to be f***in’ ok, because y’all are the reason that I’m ok.” That’s Billie Eilish in 2018 during a show in Salt Lake City, Utah moments after a fan had to be carried from the crowd after…
‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ review: Not even Andra Day can save this biopic from being flat
There’s probably a brilliant movie hiding somewhere in The United States vs. Billie Holiday, a new biopic on Hulu that dives into the tragic, tumultuous life of the legendary Billie Holiday, whose iconic vocal expression was (literally) instrumental in defining…
‘I Care a Lot Movie’ review: Rosamund Pike is chilling in this Netflix Film
If you’ve been looking for a movie that will thoroughly piss you off, I Care a Lot is definitely that movie. There are very few movies out there that show you how despicable a character is and then try to make you…
‘The Violent Heart’ review: Despite its swoon-worthy leads, there’s not much heart to fall for
Seeing a movie called The Violent Heart, you might expect a 50s melodrama to be your awaiting pleasure, the type of time machine throwback romance with a title as profound as Lana Turner was glamorous. So it’s a jarring surprise…
‘Land’ Review: Like its main character, Robin Wright’s directorial debut just doesn’t really go anywhere
It’s never a good sign when the most interesting thing about a film festival drama is its novelty as a feature directorial debut from the person who also stars in it. For every Citizen Kane and Wanda, we have just…
A Nightmare Wakes review: Every book lover’s worst nightmare
Writers and filmmakers love to latch onto Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley’s love story like it’s the ultimate tragic romance. A forbidden love between a 16-year-old and a married 21-year-old (which may or may not have been consummated in a…