Review: The Front Runner
For those who have grown up in an era of the 24/7 news cycle, tabloid journalism and Donald Trump, it would seem quaint that a...
Review: Vice
As he proved in his Oscar-winning The Big Short, which tracked how the financial crisis of 2007-2008 was caused by the United Sates...
Review: Message from the King
His name is King, but it may as well be Carter or Walker for like those protagonists in Get Carter and Point Blank, he is a man on a...
Review: A Family Man (aka The Headhunter's Calling)
There was a time when Gerard Butler showed tremendous promise as an actor rather than a bellowing action star or boorish romantic lead....
Review: Little Men
With his previous effort Love is Strange and now with the beautifully calibrated Little Men, writer-director Ira Sachs proves himself the...
Review: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Loosely based on Kim Hunter's memoir The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot...
Review: Secret in Their Eyes
Passion is a powerful thing. It can overwhelm and consume, compromise and obfuscate. It can be a great motivator, but it can also...
Review: We'll Never Have Paris
"Are you ready to marry the first girl you've ever been with?" Quinn (Simon Helberg) is asked. That's not really the question Quinn...
Review: Love is Strange
It seems like any other day for Ben and George (John Lithgow and Alfred Molina). They get up and get ready, try to find a taxi, exchange...
Review: Magnolia
Genius is the first word that comes to mind. Original, daring, unexpected and intense are others. Magnolia is writer-director Paul Thomas...
