Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 1 of Star Trek: Picard.After two exhilarating seasons, Star Trek: Picard is finally winding down with Season 3, and yet the premiere jettisons audiences right back into the action. It’s…
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Home Movie Reviews Fair Play Review: Domont's Debut Is An Electric, Intoxicating Thriller [Sundance] Fair Play is intoxicating and thrilling, unraveling slowly but surely until it reaches a sensational finale that is as crushing as it is powerful. Alden Ehrenreich…
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There are few things more disappointing when it comes to film than all the elements that should make something a genuinely interesting piece of work don’t fulfill the promise they present. “Sharper” is, unfortunately, a good example. READ MORE: The…
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Married people like to think that they know their spouses. They spend more time with them than any other person, so how could they live an entirely separate life without their significant other’s knowledge? Sure, there may be some small…
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Good romantic comedies have been a rare beast as of late. Lazy scripts, lackluster directing, and leads with no chemistry have plagued the genre in the last few years. Thankfully, every once in a while, a gem emerges. In this…
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Home Movie Reviews Polite Society Review: Manzoor's Feature Debut Is Exciting & Energetic [Sundance] Bolstered by a fantastic performance by Priya Kansara, the film is an entertaining ride, one that is filled with love of sisterhood & energetic chaos. Priya…
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The start of the year is never a good time for movies, so it’s a good thing we can count on dads to save the day periodically. Starting with “Taken” a decade ago, fathers have become the go-to action heroes,…
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Writer-director SJ Finlay’s feature film, Boy From Nowhere, brings awareness to the Filipino conflict between the government and rebels that we may hear on the news but know very little about. The dramatic thriller also shines the spotlight on the children…
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One of the first things you see in “Consecration,” directed by Christopher Smith (“Triangle,” “Black Death”), is a nun with a gun. That nun is Mother Superior, the unhinged leader of a group of radical sisters in Scotland. She’s taking…
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Home Movie Reviews To Live And Die And Live Review: Basir's Feature Is Intoxicating [Sundance] In its methodical approach towards addressing mental health, To Live and Die and Live defies and exceeds emotional expectations. Amin Joseph in To Live and…
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Home Movie Reviews ‘Marlowe’ Review: Liam Neeson's 100th Film Makes You Thirsty For More Neil Jordan's latest has an excellent cast, but the mystery at the center of this Raymond Chandler-based story isn't up to snuff. Image via Open Road…
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SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! It’s been more than forty years since the HIV/AIDS epidemic struck the U.S. and changed the world forever. Directed and edited by Jeffrey Schwarz, Commitment to Life is a documentary about the early years of…
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