Tag: Netflix
‘Rez Ball’ Film Review: Grief Becomes Hope
Rez Ball is a beautiful, moving, and encouraging that tells its powerful true tale with respect and dedication to the Navajo nation and to all Native American and First Nations people.
‘His Three Daughters’ Film Review: A Moving Examination of Grief
Azazel Jacobs’ quietly moving chamber piece, His Three Daughters, begins with a monologue that will set the cadence of the film. Katie (Carrie Coon) is the oldest of three sisters who have convened in their dying father’s (Jay O. Sanders)
‘Rebel Ridge’ Film Review: A Wire-Tight, Unique, Thriller
Writer-director Jeremy Saulnier knows how to craft suspense. His 2007 debut feature, Murder Party, was a fun low-budget horror comedy that was filled with film references. It was a wild picture, but tightly designed. With 2013’s Blue Ruin, 2015’s Green
‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Film Review: The Heat Is Lukewarm
Did modern movies need another Beverly Hills Cop? Probably not, but the new Netflix release, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, is a good way to re-introduce the Eddie Murphy of the 1980s. At the height of his fame and talents,
‘Griselda’ Miniseries Review: Sofia Vergara Earns Her Dramatic Cred
Griselda Blanco was a Colombian drug lord throughout the 1970s and up to the late 1990s. Her story was unique, as women did not have that kind of power in the drug trade of the time. Blanco cut her path
‘Leave the World Behind’ Film Review: A Gripping Tale of Society’s Fall
Sam Esmail’s “Leave the World Behind” starts with this generation’s worst nightmare; the internet goes down. For anyone born in the years after Generation Z, there is nothing more terrifying than not being able to check social media or email,
Film Review: ‘The Killer’- David Fincher at His Most Playful
We have been through this world many times. The lone assassin, meticulous in his skills, who lives by a strict code. A job gone wrong leading to betrayal by former confidants and a quest to prevent himself from becoming a
Miniseries Review: ‘The Fall Of The House Of Usher’- A Horror Triumph
The latest Netflix horror miniseries, “The Fall of the House of Usher“, finds Mike Flanagan continuing his quest to be one of the most interesting filmmakers in modern horror. Beginning with 2018’s “The Haunting of Hill House” and continuing through 2020’s
Top Ten of 2022: A Unity in Cinema
Top Ten films of 2022 . . . that’s a tough chore. Once again, I’m coming in right under the wire. As I write this, my list of Top Films of 2022, we’re seven hours, 30 minutes from ringing in
‘Sr.’- Film Review: A Tender, Touching Tribute From A Son To His Father
“Sr.”, is the touching new documentary (directed by Chris Smith) about late filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. Can we call it a tribute to a unique artist or is it to be seen as a grand farewell? Does the film exist