Film Reviews
The Captain is the kind of project that suffers from an identity crisis, never deciding what it wants to say or how seriously it should take itself.
AlexLines reports on the films he was able to see during the Volvo Scandinavian Film Festival, including a coming-of-age film and a gripping biographical drama.
These first two episodes of season two of Trial & Error capture everything wonderful about season one, while exploring new comedic directions.
With Support the Girls, Andrew Bujalski continues to grow as a filmmaker, creating a film where the genuine heart afforded to its characters doesn’t compromise the pragmatism of the worldview.
Sweetback’s rage is infectious, especially since the relations between the police and the black community have changed so little since the film’s release.
Filled to the brim with a talented cast and with wonderful dance sequences, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is as lovely and vivacious as the original.
Skyscraper is the perfect model of an uninspired action film: a mediocre idea saddled with mediocre characters and mediocre action.
You don’t have to be Japanese or a country and western music aficionado to cheer on Tomiko Fujiyama, the subject of documentary Made in Japan.
Liz and the Blue Bird is an indepth and stylistic chracter study that explores the details and hidden emotional gravity of seemingly unremarkable situations.
Xavier Gens’ science fiction fantasy Cold Skin is a hotbed of promising concepts. The problem is, it doesn’t know what to do with them.
Path of Blood peels back the black masks and gives us a visceral and frightful look at terrorism. We were also able to speak with the film’s director, Jonathan Hacker.
Fireworks is both stunningly animated, and stunningly disappointing, hampered by a predictable love story that is neither compelling or insightful.
With a crowd-pleasing setup, hilarious performances and a much-needed sense of simplicity, Uncle Drew delivers in an unexpected and hilarious way. %
1985 is a miracle of a film, one that pays tribute to an era, a generation past, and a culture that fueled the progress of LGBTQ civil rights for decades to come.
A Prayer Before Dawn boasts a fantastic central performance from Joe Cole, but unfortunately, wastes an astonishing true story in favour of genre cliches.