REVIEW – “Till”: A Mother’s Grief Glares at the Truth
As many high school teachers will attest, we could never shy away from historical faults of the past. Merely confront them, no matter how painful or embarrassing to witness. Dramas…
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REVIEW – “Dog”: Channing Tatum All Paws in Heartfelt Directorial Debut
For all of its challenging, head-scratching attempts at injecting awkward moments of morally defiant comedy, at the core of Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin’s Dog is a genuinely hard-beating heart….
REVIEW – “Cyrano”: Classic Literary Hero Gets Fresh Musical Voice
Wandering around the wild world of Joe Wright’s Cyrano encompasses the same rampant emotions aligning with one’s first adventure in a figurative time machine. Far enough from Bill and Ted,…
REVIEW – “Licorice Pizza”: Paul Thomas Anderson Revisits the 70s, Carefree and Enterprising
Despite my near-inexperience with the genre-laden charms within Paul Thomas Anderson’s body of work (working backwards, I have yet to encounter Boogie Nights), I was hooked almost immediately with the…
REVIEW – “House of Gucci”: Rich People Get First (and Last) Laugh in True Life Dramedy
Italy has encountered many a controversial crumbling of power, between the fall of Rome, the downturn of Caesar, its once foolish economy, and families with too much power. Director Ridley…