Viola Davis continues to perform on a level all her own in Steve McQueen’s taut and thrilling Widows. A socio-political heart pounding heist, McQueen demonstrates his impressive versatility with this 12 Years a Slave follow up, proving that he can and will tackle…
‘A Star is Born’ Review: This Musically Inclined Romance is Uneven but Undoubtedly Evocative| TIFF 2018
A Star is Born,as the fourth iteration of this story, needed to breathe new life into an old story, an idea that the film even references when talking about the familiar and repetitive nature of music. There are only so…
‘Beautiful Boy’ Review: Timothée Chalamet Astonishes in Painful, Messy and True Story About Addiction | TIFF 2018
Early in Felix Van Groeningen’s Beautiful Boy, based on the best selling novels by David and Nic Sheff, David (Steve Carrell) is told that relapse is to be expected in addiction recovery – even thought of as one of the…
Album Review: Eminem – “Kamikaze”
Does Eminem belong in 2018? He’s certainly earned the right to, with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 15 Grammys and an Oscar earned, and the ever-coveted and frequently-debated title of “Best Rapper Alive.” But Marshall Mathers’ presence has always…
Papillon Movie Review: Bad accents and boring dialogue traps true story
“Filmmaking is not about the tiny details, it’s about the big picture!” This is a line from the 1994 biopic Ed Wood when the iconic title character tried to explain why it didn’t matter if the graveyard he’s shooting his…
Concert Review: Vans Warped Tour – Wantagh, NY, 7/28/18
It’s 10:30 a.m. on a muggy Saturday morning and everyone in the parking lot of Jones Beach Theater is prepared. Almost every line of parked cars features a squad of teens and twenty-somethings sporting tie-dye shirts, sleeveless tees, baseball caps…
Eighth Grade Movie Review: A Touching Debut About Technology and Adolescence
Trauma reigns supreme in the cesspit that is middle school (anyone who says they enjoyed those years are bold faced liars). With hormones raging through the halls like a plague and the need to be cool and independent an unquenchable…