Category: Film Reviews

Bugonia Rating Director Yorgos Lanthimos Screenplay Will Tracy Length 1h 58m Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review Can a film be bonkers without having a theme to support it? Bugonia gives the idea a try. Emma Stone stars as Michelle Fuller, a…

Sinners Rating Director Ryan Coogler Screenplay Ryan Coogler Length 2h 17m Starring Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, Delroy Lindo, Peter Dreimanis, Lola Kirke, Li Jun Li, Saul Williams, Yao, David Maldonado, Helena Hu, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Nathaniel Arcand, Emonie Ellison MPAA Rating R Original Preview…

One Battle After Another Rating Director Paul Thomas Anderson Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson Length 2h 41m Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, Wood Harris, Alana Haim, Paul Grimstad, Shayna McHayle, Tony Goldwyn, John Hoogenakker, Starletta DuPois, Eric Schweig, D.W. Moffett, Kevin Tighe, Jim Downey, James Raterman, Dijon…

Sentimental Value Rating Director Joachim Trier Screenplay Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier Length 2h 13m Starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Ings Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Anders Danielsen Lie, Jesper Christensen, Lena Endre, Cory Michael Smith, Catherine Cohen MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review Complex family relationships built on years of distrust and recriminations characterize…

Butterfly (Short Film) Rating Director Florence Miailhe Screenplay Marie Desplechin, Florence Miailhe Length 15m Starring Fayçal Safi, Jessica Jaouiche MPAA Rating Not Rated Review We’ll kick off the animated program reviews with the film that seems more like a strong contender to win the prize based on its subject matter alone even if it’s not…

Butcher’s Stain (Short Film) Rating Director Meyer Levinson-Blount Screenplay Meyer Levinson-Blount Length 26m Starring Omar Sameer, Meyer Levinson-Blount, Rona Toledano, Dror Marko, Sara Raed, Eilon Cohen, Hadi Salama MPAA Rating Not Rated Review Working to support his son, Samir (Omar Sameer) is employed as a butcher at a supermarket in Tel Aviv, Israel. Well liked…

All the Empty Rooms (Short Film) Rating Director Joshua Seftel Screenplay n/a Length 34m Starring n/a MPAA Rating Not Rated Review Although the program organizes these in a different order, I’ll be tackling them alphabetically, not in order of presentation or preference. All the Empty Rooms follows news correspondent Steve Hartman, whose claims to fame…

Hamnet Rating Director Chloé Zhao Screenplay Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell Length 2h 05m Starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn, Emily Watson, Jacobi Jupe, David Wilmot, Olivia Lynes, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Freya Hannan-Mills, Dainton Anderson, Elliot Baxter, Noah Jupe, El Simons, Louisa Harland, Jack Shalloo, Sam Woolf, Hera Gibson MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click…

Pillion Rating Director Harry Lighton Screenplay Harry Lighton Length 1h 47m Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Henry Melling, Lesley Sharp, Douglas Hodge, Anthony Welsh, Jake Shears MPAA Rating Unrated Review Cinema history has not always been friendly to alternative lifestyles. However, with recent successes in theaters for films looking into the depths of dominance and submission, a…

Avatar: Fire and Ash Rating Director James Cameron Screenplay James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver Length 3h 17m Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Jemaine Clement, Oona Chaplin, Giovanni Ribisi, David Thewlis MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click Here…

Death at a Funeral Rating Director Frank Oz Screenplay Dean Craig Length 1h 30m Starring Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Andy Nyman, Ewen Bremner, Daisy Donovan, Alan Tudyk, Jane Asher, Kris Marshall, Rupert Graves, Peter Vaughan, Thomas Wheatley, Peter Egan, Peter Dinklage, Brenan O’Hea, Jeremy Booth, Angela Curran, Gareth Milne MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click…

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Rating Director Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Screenplay Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Rob Greenberg (Book: Judi Barrett & Ron Barrett) Length 1h 30m Starring Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Bobb’e J. Thompson, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, Will Forte,…

Blue Valentine Rating Director Derek Cianfrance Screenplay Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis, Cami Delavigne Length 1h 52m Starring Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Faith Wladyka, John Doman, Mike Vogel, Marshall Johnson, Jen Jones, Maryann Plunkett, James Benatti, Barbara Troy, Carey Westbrook, Ben Shenkman MPAA Rating R Review Familiar stories told in new ways define much of the…

Wicked: For Good Rating Director Jon M. Chu Screenplay Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox Length 2h 17m Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Colman Domingo, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review What should have been a single film, Wicked: For Good…

Dog Man Rating Director Peter Hastings Screenplay Peter Hastings Length 1h 29m Starring Peter Hastings, Pete Davidson, Lucas Hopkins Calderon, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Billy Boyd, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Root, Poppy Liu, Luenell, Cheri Oteri MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review Before the animation renaissance, animated features were largely designed to entertain…