The latest film from Pixar, Turning Red, is an interesting entry in Pixar’s prolific filmography. It not only features the first solo female director for a feature film in the… Read more Turning Red Review: Pixar’s most hilarious and touching film in years →
After garnering immense praise and an Oscar nomination in 2018 for Mirai, director Mamoru Hosoda returns with another deeply personal anime fantasy adventure that mixes reality and fantasy – Belle.… Read more Belle Review: Hosoda’s latest is a visually stunning and deeply emotional cinematic must-see →
In the spirit of 70s-set coming of age films like Dazed and Confused and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson offers a more personal narrative of young… Read more Licorice Pizza Review: PTA crafts a timelessly touching coming of age love story →
Dear Evan Hansen was one of those breakout musicals that you knew what going to try to make the jump to the big screen eventually, and its movie adaptation shows… Read more Dear Evan Hansen Review: A musical that doesn’t belong on the big screen →
Ricky Staub’s feature directorial debut, Concrete Cowboy, was a big festival favorite that’s now made its way to Netflix to give the platform a coming-of-age story that spotlights a deteriorating… Read more Concrete Cowboy Review: An excellently acted coming-of-age story that explores a struggling community →
Last year, Netflix added their own terrible take on a Hallmark Channel movie with Dangerous Lies and this year they add their own version of Disney Channel Original Movie with… Read more Netflix’s A Week Away Review: A faith-based musical not worth putting any faith in →
Although it contains a heartwarming concept and two leads that are truly rising stars, The Ultimate Playlist of Noise doesn’t live up to its potential. When I first came across… Read more The Ultimate Playlist of Noise Review: Unremarkable and unambitious YA coming of age fodder →
The directorial debut of Alex McAulay, Don’t Tell a Soul, is a bare-knuckled, grisly thriller about dominant masculinity and keeping secrets that goes a little too far. The film follows… Read more Don’t Tell a Soul Review: A nail-biting thriller that just doesn’t stick the landing →
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