Bohemian Rhapsody - Film Review
... Malek, and Gwilym Lee in Bohemian Rhapsody Based on the life of Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the rock band Queen, this film gave us more than we had hoped for! With a great cast of characters, superb actors, and a riveting story along with the ...
Beautiful Boy - Film Review
By Che Zuro Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell in "Beautiful Boy" Beautiful Boy - such a difficult film to watch, not so much for the acting which was incredible, but for the story. This story was difficult to stomach as it shows what many people go ...
A Star Is Born - Film Review
By Ché Zuro Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in "A Star Is Born" This film was on the bottom of my "must watch" queue because I do not like remakes, regardless of whether the orignals were good or not. Generally, I wish the studios would just get ...
Can You Ever Forgive Me? - Film Review
... E. Grant and Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me? Photo by Photo by Mary Cybulski - © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved Can You Ever Forgive Me? , based on the 2008 memoir of author Lee Israel, has a slow start. ...
They Shall Not Grow Old - Film Review
... in 2014 to create the project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day (November 11, 2018). His crew reviewed over 100 hours of original film footage from the Imperial War Museum, and made the decision to eschew traditional narration in ...
Dogman - Film Review
... the male characters are strong yet the women serve as nothing more than predictable props. The tensions are taut through the film as the business owners surrounding the Dogman shop talk about having Simone eliminated after tiring of living under his ...
Mary Poppins Returns - Film Review
By Che Zuro Emily Blunt in "Mary Poppins Returns" As soon as I saw the previews of "Mary Poppins," I thought, "NO......!" Then I noticed "Returns" and thought, "Maybe......!" Being a non-fan of mostly everything that is a remake of something ...
The Favourite - Film Review
... was sorely disappointed. With Olivia Colman playing Anne, Queen of Great Britain (circa 1702-1714), and the promotion of the film being a historical period comedy-drama film, what could go wrong? Plenty. The story begins with unknown people ...
Patrick - Film Review
By Valerie Milano Tom Bennett and Beattie Edmondson in Patrick © Pugnacious Films Ltd Who's a Mediocre Boy? You're a Mediocre Boy! A film from Blackadder and Absolutely Fabulous writer/director Mandie Fletcher, starring a baker's dozen of beloved ...
Crazy Rich Asians - Film Review
... was a huge surprise, sparking joy, sadness and incredible laughter all of the way through. At first I worried that this film would be cliché and potentially racist, but, as the film progressed, I found (emotionally) rich characters, wonderful ...
Green Book - Film Review
... hear, the feeling you get when you first start watching this comedy-drama, you know you are in for something special. This film is fantastic - heartwarming, sad, eloquent, fascinating, funny - all at the same time. Green Book stars Viggo Mortensen as ...
Vice - Film Review
... history buff as well as seeing the transformation Christian Bale went through for this role, I was super excited to see this film. B u t i t w a s s o s l o w. It was so BORING. So disappointing. This could have been so good, so intense. Starting at ...
Rockaway - Film Review
... his life based coming-of-age story, which gives fans of Stand By Me a lesser ride down the emotional journey that the latter film continues to inflict. The tone is set with the adult John's (voice-over by Frankie J. Alvarez) telling the story of what ...
'63 Boycott - Documentary Film Review
By Valerie Milano/The Hollywood Times '63 Boycott still shot Photo Courtesy of: Kartemquin Films "Even as a young person, I could see a difference in the quality of the environment and the resources. The schools in the predominantly white areas of ...
The Wife - Film Review
By Che Zuro Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce in "The Wife" Having not heard much about this film, I was surprised when I saw Glenn Close win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, and then couldn't wait to watch it. I have ...
Mary Queen of Scots - Film Review
... of Scots on my list to watch for awards season, I was thrilled, being a history buff and a fan of everything Scottish, so my review could be slightly biased. I also love both Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, the obvious stars of the film. Based on ...
Boy Erased - Film Review
... program. The teen is faced with the ultimatum to attend the program or to be rejected by his family and community. The film follows the troubling reality of conversion programs as well as the lifelong impact it has on relationships as well as the ...
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - Film Review
... chapters and color plates introduce each story. It was not, as some have said, intended as a TV series and compiled into one film. "There was some press about that," said co-writer/co-director Joel Cohen at a recent Writers Guild screening. "It's ...
Bad Times at the El Royale - BeyondFest Film Review
... and Cynthia Erivo in "Bad Times at the El Royale" Photo credit: Kimberley French - © TM & © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Drew Goddard has worked on a lot of my favorite things. He came on board Buffy the ...
Inside Job - Film Review
... from Matt Nagin, will do much for America's image in the world (it just won First Place in competition at the Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes ), but it is a dynamic showcase for this up-and-coming actor, director and writer. The film is basically ...
La La Land - Film Review
When I saw "Whiplash" I knew I was seeing the birth of a brilliant director and now with Damien Chazelle's latest film, "La La Land" he more than proves I was right. This flm is not only a beautiful homage to the musicals of long ago, but it's a ...
Noturnal Animals - Film Review
... written and directed by Tom Ford and based on the 1993 novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright. Ford has made only one other film, (also an adaptation) 2009's A Single Man. He comes from the world of fashion so it's no wonder that both films are ...
Arrival - Film Review
... their language. Arrival is based on Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life but I wouldn't read his short story until you see the film. When the movie begins, it is already established that aliens have landed on 12 different locations on planet earth. Their ...
The Aviation Cocktail -- Film Review
The Aviation Cocktail -- Review by Bill Garry There's something going on around here; that nagging suspicion keeps you glued to the screen and interested in the lives of the extended Fisher family in writer/director David Higgins's The Aviation ...
Intruders - Film Review
Film Review by Rachel Flanagan. What at first appears to be a dramatic relationship that ends in loss and turns into a standard home invasion thriller is twisted into something slightly more sinister but even that is a little transformed in Intruders ...
Desert Dancer - Film Review
A Review by Eliya Reis. Reece Ritchie and Frieda Pinto star in Relativity Media's DESERT DANCER...COPYRIGHT DESERT DANCER PRODUCTIONS LTD 201 4 You can't help but appreciate the film " Desert Dancer's " attempts to bring the Western audience into the ...
Don't Worry He Won't Get Far On Foot - Film Review
... the crazy, self-destructive, but always fascinating and engaging cartoonist and quadriplegic John Callahan. The title of the film is the caption of one of his cartoons: A cowboy leading a posse who comes upon an overturned wheelchair in the desert. ...
McQueen - Film Review
... They were set in padded cells and wind tunnels. McQueen was obsessed with "beauty that disturbs and fascinates," and the filmmakers do the same with the documentary. Told in increasingly Gothic chapters, framed by elegant skull imagery and set off ...
Director's Cut - Film Review
... to a Kickstarter-type project, a slasher flick called Knocked Off which stars his obsession, Missi Pyle. He then steals the film footage and releases this version, his "director's cut," complete with cheesy photoshopped effects and a voiceover from ...
The Seagull - Film Review
... and proto-Goth Masha is the worst wife since Lady Macbeth. The saving grace of this adaptation, though, is that that the filmmakers know these characters are vain, self-absorbed denizens of the "country club class" with pretentions to being artistes. ...