As if high school wasn’t scary enough, Ma is a new horror thriller from Blumhouse and Universal attempting to inject new terrors into the coming-of-age experience, this time by front-lining Octavia Spencer (an Academy Award-winning actress) at her wackiest octave, a sublime blend of unhinged, unbent, and thoroughly broken.
Instant Family Movie Review: An unexpectedly heartwarming story
When you hear that Mark Wahlberg is starring in a family movie about adoption and that Sean Anders is directing/writing, you have every right to be hesitant about seeing the finished product. Adoption is a long, emotional, and sometimes painful…
A Kid Like Jake Movie Review: A Strong, Necessary Social Message Saves the Film’s Simple Approach
In life, it is almost unavoidable to find yourself trapped within some sort of established system. You may wonder why, if you are even ever made aware of it. It’s the way our moms and dads have done it, and…
Movie Review: The Shape of Water
Director Guillermo del Toro builds his worlds from the ground up, imbuing his chosen universes with such distinct senses of self that we can’t help but buy immediately into the world he’s drawn. A man with a mind for the fantastical…
TIFF Movie Review: The Shape of Water
To read further TIFF 2017 coverage, go here. Director Guillermo del Toro builds his worlds from the ground up, imbuing his chosen universes with such distinct senses of self that we can’t help but buy immediately into the world he’s drawn. A…
Movie Review: The Shack
It may seem ludicrous to some, but every once in awhile there comes a film where a leading actor we thought previously incapable of turning in a good performance surprises everybody and delivers something worth committing to. That actor is…
Movie Review: Hidden Figures
There is little doubt that Hidden Figures, directed by Theodore Melfi, was shot with the intention to be a crowd pleaser and it succeeds greatly in that mission. Like the films core three characters, the film is injected with a riveting…