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EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE MOVIE REVIEW Everything Everywhere All at Once is the latest film from writing-directing duo Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (billed collectively as Daniels). Michelle Yeoh stars as Evelyn, a Chinese immigrant who runs a laundromat with her milquetoast husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan in his first film appearance in over […]

X MOVIE REVIEW There’s no question that horror director Ti West (The Sacrament) wants you to think of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre when you see his new film X. It’s the same period of time with a group of young people in a van driving through places in Texas they shouldn’t be, creepy old […]

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE MOVIE REVIEW Oh my god, how do you even get started describing a movie like this one? At least without spoiling any of the wonderful surprises in store? Fortunately, there are so many surprises and weirdnesses and delights to be found in Everything Everywhere All At Once, the latest film […]

AFTER YANG MOVIE REVIEW This weekend, in theaters, while The Batman offers us all a Colin Farrell as a bloated, scarred-faced Penguin fleeing the Dark Knight in an explosive car chase, After Yang gives us Colin Farrell where he shines brightest: in an indie drama from A24. And sure, A24 often means beautifully filmed, brooding, […]

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH MOVIE REVIEW A24 presents a Joel Coen (and only Joel Coen) film. An adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” in black and white at 4:3 with Denzel Washington as Macbeth and Frances McDormand as Lady Macbeth. These details about this film alone set my film geek alarm bells a’ringin’. Of […]

RED ROCKET MOVIE REVIEW This new cringe comedy from the director of the lauded “Tangerine” and “The Florida Project” follows Mikey (Simon Rex). He’s an ex-porn actor, broke as a joke, and has been forced to vacate Los Angeles for reasons presumably dire and make his way to the doorstep of his ex-wife and ex-porn […]

THE HUMANS MOVIE REVIEW Based on his Pulitzer Prize winning one-act play, writer Stephen Karam debuts as a film director here as he takes on his story of a very uncomfortable family Thanksgiving gathering. The story takes place in the new and unfurnished apartment in NYC that Brigid (Beanie Feldstein) and her boyfriend Richard (Steven […]

C’MON C’MON MOVIE REVIEW “C’mon, C’mon” is the latest film from writer/director Mike Mills (“20th Century Women”). Elegantly shot in black and white, this naturalistic drama stars Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny, a single man and public radio journalist who is interviewing kids all across the country for an upcoming show. Meanwhile, Johnny’s estranged sister Viv […]

THE GREEN KNIGHT MOVIE REVIEW Ah, the longing for times past, the glory days of yore. I’m not talking about medieval times, they kinda sucked as far as I can tell. I’m talking about The Gathering and The League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen podcasts. If you are one of those who enjoy that type of […]

ZOLA MOVIE REVIEW In 2015, Detroit waitress and part-time stripper Aziah “Zola” King posted an epic 148 tweet thread about a wild two days in her life. What started as a quick trip to Florida to make some cash turned into an out-of-control spiral of sex trafficking, violence, strange characters, and weird turns of events, […]