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The D.C. Critics Embrace 12 Years A Slave
Oscar season continues! A lot of observers (like me) were a bit surprised to see neither Los Angeles, New York, nor the National Board of Review name 12 Years A Slave best picture of 2013. However, 12...
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Film Review: Joe (dir by David Gordon Green)
A lot of people have given up on Nicolas Cage. I’m not one of them but I can understand the sentiment. After all, it was hard not to feel a bit frustrated watching an obviously talented actor...
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Lisa’s Homestate Reviews: Arkansas and Mud
When it comes to Arkansas, people seem to automatically think of two things. Arkansas is the former home of Bill and Hillary Clinton and it’s also the state that accused three teenage boys of...
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Playing Catch-Up: The Stanford Prison Experiment and The Tribe
The Stanford Prison Experiment (dir by Kyle Patrick Alvarez) The Stanford Prison Experiment tells a true story. It’s important to point that out because this is one of those films that, if you didn’t...
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It’s Better Than Last Stand: X-Men: Apocalypse (2016, directed by Bryan Singer)
It is easy to forget what a big deal the first X-Men movie was in 2000. At a time when Joel Schumacher was still the industry’s go-to director for super hero films, X-Men announced that films based on...
View ArticleThe Washington D.C. Film Critics Nominate Coogler, Jordan, and The Favourite
Yesterday, the Washington D.C. Film Critics announced their nominees for the best of 2018. While the big three contenders — Roma, Star is Born, and Green Book — are all present and accounted for, the...
View ArticleLast Stand Of The X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019, directed by Simon Kinberg)
Last week, I finally watched Dark Phoenix and I could tell within 15 minutes that it wasn’t going to be good. From the start, everything about it seemed to be off, particularly compared with other,...
View ArticleThe Films of 2020: The Night Clerk (dir by Michael Cristofer)
“Tye Sheridan Is …. THE NIGHT CLERK!” That’s not how The Night Clerk was advertised, though perhaps it should have been. This is one of those overheated melodramas that’s so sure that it’s making a...
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