This new film by writer/director Linda Palmer will make you love the characters. It's a quirky but charming story of people down on their luck who end up helping one another in spite of themselves.
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My 2019 TCM Classic Film Festival Diary
Where some people go to see old pictures and others go to take new pictures.
Read More »SXSW 2019 Film Review: Story About Desperate Mom ‘Alice’ Earns Two Awards
This drama by filmmaker Josephine Mackerras won two awards at the SXSW 2019 film festival.
Read More »SXSW 2019 World Premiere Film Review: ‘Adopt a Highway’ with Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke's outstanding performance centers Logan Marshall-Green's independent film about a 'three-strikes' ex-con trying to reintegrate into society.
Read More »Austin Film Fest Film Review: ‘Ben is Back’ will Shake You Up
Ben is Back is one of those films that break rules and still entertains. Entertain is too mild a word for this film. It grabs you and shakes you and doesn’t let go for 103 minutes. The film was a featured event – The Centerpiece Film – at the Austin …
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Regarding the Case of Joan of Arc’
'Regarding the Case of Joan of Arc' works out to be a metaphor for the current radicalization of Republican Christians in the USA, especially their hardcore faction and those advocating the use of violence to restore their alleged supremacy.
Read More »Fantastic Fest Film Review: Really Good ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’
On closing night Fantastic Fest treated attendees to some Bad Times at the El Royale, an almost film-noir by writer/director Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods, The Martian). Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the country shows horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and unusual films that don’t necessarily …
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Bookshop’ – Emily Mortimer & Bill Nighy
‘The Bookshop’, starring Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy, may be a movie about books, but its one of the most beautiful films you’ll see this year.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’
Director Stefano Sollima takes the helm in this 3-star crime sequel as James Brolin ('Deadpool 2') and Benecio del Toro ('Traffic') return in their roles as key players in drug cartel wars with Taylor Sheridan returning to write the screenplay.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Ocean’s 8’
Less is more as this 3-star crime caper continues a quality series thanks to expert filmmaking and a stellar cast featuring Sandra Bullock as Debbie Ocean, expert con artist and estranged sister of Danny Ocean, played by George Clooney in Steven Soderbergh’s previous film trilogy, which was inspired by the 1960 film starring the “Brat Pack.”
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