All posts tagged "family"
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Jim Batts | February 12, 2021
MINARI – Review
Over the last couple of national election cycles, a topic of much discussion and often heated debate has...
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Cate Marquis | December 6, 2019
WAVES – Review
One might call WAVES a family drama but that fails to capture the emotional tsunami that this outstanding...
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Cate Marquis | August 23, 2019
AFTER THE WEDDING – Review
AFTER THE WEDDING cleverly switches the genders on the Oscar-nominated Danish film of the same name, transforming it...
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Jim Batts | January 17, 2019
SHOPLIFTERS – Review
Once again a lauded international filmmaker is taking an unfiltered look at family life. You might think that...
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Cate Marquis | December 14, 2018
ROMA – Review
Oscar-winning writer/director Alfonso Cuaron (GRAVITY, CHILDREN OF MEN) crafts his most personal film, a realist drama set in...
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Cate Marquis | August 17, 2018
THE CAKEMAKER – Review
Israeli writer/director Ophir Raul Graizer crafts a brilliant, moving drama that touches on identity, secrets, loneliness, sexuality and...
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Cate Marquis | May 5, 2017
THE DINNER – Review
Richard Gere stars as Stan Lohman, a congressman running for governor, who invites his brother Paul (Steve Coogan)...
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Travis Keune | December 3, 2015
UNCLE NICK – The Review
I’m not sure what your holiday traditions are, but in my family, it’s not Christmas until you’ve watched...
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Travis Keune | June 3, 2015
WE ARE STILL HERE – The Review
Some of the best and surprising films, not just in horror but all genres, are the ones that...
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Travis Keune | April 9, 2015
BLACK SOULS – The Review
Like many genre films, the category of mafia films is often branded with certain expectations. Granted, not all...
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Travis Keune | January 15, 2015
PADDINGTON – The Review
Just what we need, another cute kids’ movie about a lovable, talking animal. Children can’t seem to get...
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Travis Keune | September 29, 2014
CHEF (2014) – The Blu Review
The Movie on its own merit… There are some experiences that, while not life changing, are life reaffirming...
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Travis Keune | August 21, 2014
ARE YOU HERE – The Review
Confession time. I really wanted to love this movie. I mean, I really, really, really did. Sadly, not...
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Travis Keune | December 29, 2011
FAMILIAR – Short Film Review
FAMILIAR (2011) is the newest short film from Fatal Pictures, produced by Zach Green, written and directed by...
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Travis Keune | November 20, 2009
Review: THE BLIND SIDE
THE BLIND SIDE is not a football movie. THE BLIND SIDE is a movie about what it means...
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Travis Keune | June 12, 2009
Review: ‘Away We Go’
It’s always a rare treat to have a film sneak up and appear out of nowhere, nearly devoid...
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Zac | December 10, 2007
Review: ‘The Namesake’
Zac: Mira Nair has taken this adaptation of the novel of the same name and turned in a...