A Quiet Place: Silence = Life
I've experienced many movies whose visuals needed to be seen on the big screen, but A Quiet Place is the first one that needs...
Isle of Dogs: The Search for Spots
I’ve seen a lot of movies about dogs, and as with most other subjects, some of them have been terrific (Best in Show) and...
Ready Player One: Game Nights
Back in the 1980s, Steven Spielberg said that video games would become art the day they made someone cry. I think that already happened...
Unsane: I Think I’m Paranoid
Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane is the latest in a grand tradition of movies about young women incarcerated in madhouses who don’t actually belong there. The...
Love, Simon: Am I Blue?
Maybe the reason I'm not as much in love with Love, Simon as everyone else is because I've seen this type of teen coming-out-of-the-closet...
Thoroughbreds: Horse Play
We’re getting a bunch of high-profile teen flicks this month, and I’ve seen them all by now, but the only one I care to...
A Wrinkle in Time: Off World
Last month, I stated in my review of Black Panther that black people don’t often get to direct Hollywood blockbuster extravaganzas. You know who...
Oscar’s Hidden Gold
When I do this feature next year, Black Panther will be all over it and Annihilation will likely rate a mention. However, I’m still...
Red Sparrow: Broken Wing
Most Hollywood movies these days tiptoe around international affairs, so careful are they to avoid offending foreign countries whose audiences might buy tickets. It’s...
Black Panther: It’s Good to Be King
Though it may be obvious, one point about Black Panther can’t be overstated: This Marvel Comics movie is the first time a black filmmaker...
