REVIEW: Boogie (2021)
It is not easy to like Boogie (Taylor Takahashi) in Boogie. His game with the ladies can be so invasive and crude that he comes off as a grade-A tosser. His play on the basketball court can be so solo he defines “teammate” as “me,…
REVIEW: The United States vs Billie Holiday (2021)
The true power of music is its ability to carry a voice and a message beyond the limitations of its time and into the future. Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” is one such vital example of the kind of lingering and potent stories living on within…
REVIEW: Dear Comrades (2021)
Veteran filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky (writer of the iconic Andrei Rublev and a renowned director now in his seventh decade as a filmmaker) brings a devastating reflection on loss and rage with the awards contender Dear Comrades. The film is a re-enactment of the hushed-up Novocherkassk massacre…
REVIEW: Happiest Season (2020)
After years of Christmas romances from Hallmark, Lifetime and increasingly, Netflix, this year Hulu have stepped into the market with a twist on the usual format. Actress and director Clea DuVall follows up her 2016 feature debut, The Intervention, with Happiest Season – a lesbian…
REVIEW: Run (Nightstream 2020)
Diane (Sarah Paulson), at last, gets to see her newborn daughter. On the verge of joyful tears, she asked the wall of medical personnel surrounding the tiny bundle of life, “Will she be OK?” No answer. Cut to black. Now remember to log that gasp…
REVIEW: Palm Springs (2020)
Ever since Harold Ramis made a splash with his Bill Murray-starring time loop drama, Groundhog Day, nearly three decades ago, plenty of movies and TV shows have tried to recreate the same formula while trying to put their own spins on it, some to brilliant…
TV REVIEW: Normal People (2020)
Full disclosure: I haven’t read the book (by Sally Rooney) that Normal People (now on iPlayer in the UK and Hulu in the US) is based on, so I’m not judging this an adaptation. Normal People has a lot of talented people on the cast…
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