REVIEW: Deadwood: The Movie (2019)
Deadwood is an enigma. First hitting small screens in 2004 in the midst of a television revolution started by The Sopranos and poised by HBO to take the “Event TV” mantle from the New Jersey crime drama as it was already looking to wrap up….
TRIBECA 2019: Georgetown
Beware the passion project of the unrestrained actor. Georgetown, Christoph Waltz’s directorial debut, is a missed opportunity of epic proportions. This is a film about a mysterious, charming man who seduces a wealthy older woman and insinuates himself into the Washington elite. It is a…
TRIBECA 2019: Dreamland
True to its name, Dreamland has the soft cadence of a reverie. From the very beginning, we are warned not to take the story at its word: this is a family legend, a young woman telling the tale of her beloved older brother Eugene (Finn…
REVIEW: Aladdin (2019)
We are living in a time where reboots, remakes and sequels are hotter than ever, and Disney is at the forefront of this department. Their latest live-action interpretation comes in the form of the Arabian fairytale of a street-rat turned prince and a magic lamp—…
TRIBECA 2019: Plus One
In the world of romantic comedies, chemistry is everything. You can have the most original plot and stellar writing, but it doesn’t mean a thing if the audience isn’t buying what you’re selling. Plus One may be a story we’ve seen a hundred times over,…
REVIEW: Godzilla: King Of The Monsters (2019)
As far as big blockbusters go, Godzilla: King of Monsters couldn’t be much bigger. It lands in the cinema after an impressive marketing campaign. The posters and trailer have been building towards something truly special, but this being a sequel to an underwhelming film doesn’t…
TRIBECA 2019: Leftover Women
There’s nothing like building a country with millions more men than women thanks to misogynistic family planning policies, then shaming women into early marriage when you realize you need every last one of them to become baby-making factories in order to avert a complete demographic…
REVIEW: Starfish (2019)
Aubrey Parker (Virginia Gardner) is mourning the death of her best friend, Grace. Completely grief-stricken, Aubrey wants to feel close to Grace again, so she breaks into her apartment. Once there she begins to immerse herself into Grace’s world, surrounding herself with memories of her…
TRIBECA 2019: Buffaloed
It’s probably worth mentioning before I begin my review of Buffaloed that, as a native Buffalonian, I might be a tiny bit biased. I spent the first 18 years of my life on the outskirts of the scrappy, perennially optimistic city in Western New York,…
REVIEW: The Kid (2019)
Directed by Vincent D’onofrio (Daredevil and Full Metal Jacket ring a bell?), The Kid is a western drama focusing on the real-life figures of the infamous Billy The Kid (Dane DeHann) and Pat Garrett (Ethan Hawke). Interwoven between accounts of their encounter, Rio Culter (Jake…
