Chris says: “Based on a true story, this film about a middle-aged Welsh woman (Toni Collette) breeding a prize-winning race horse is thoroughly predictable but considerably engaging fluff. You’ve seen all this before: the protagonist who interrupts her everyday tedium
Chris says: “Anyone touched by the moment in THE WIZARD OF OZ when the film shifts from black and white into glorious color knows how effectively movies can express the startling contrast between reality and fantasy. Guillermo del Toro’s film
Ivy says: “Casey Affleck has grown up in the shadow of his older brother Ben. And in that time he has built up an exciting filmography of varied supporting roles. With his portrayal of the Coward Robert Ford he steps
Gil says: “Unlike other documentaries that address the immigration issue, Mark Becker’s film is unique in that he films his subject, musician Carmelo Muniz Sanchez, in his adopted home of San Francisco and his native home of Salvatierra, Mexico. By
Chris says: “I know this might make me sound like an Old Person, but I didn’t fully grasp this movie’s point. The first half maintains a good level of creativity and suspense as teenager Casey takes ‘The World’s Fair Challenge’,
Chris says: “As Masao (Steve Iwamoto) nears the end of his life on the coast of Hawai’i, he’s visited by the ghost of his wife, Grace (Constance Wu), who died at a young age. Flashbacks to their courtship and marriage
Chris says: “In her promising debut feature, writer/director Nicole Reigel depicts life in a small industrial Ohio town in a way that isn’t quite documentary-like, but with enough attention-to-detail to feel pretty authentic. As Ruth, a teen from a broken
Chris says: “This doesn’t come up with any particularly profound revelations on racial disparity in Boston, unless one is completely ignorant of how such things play out in most contemporary American cities. Filmmaker James Rutenback excels less when focused on
Michael says: “Queer 80’s artist David Wojnarowicz was a contemporary of Robert Mapplethorpe and Keith Haring, but with a decidedly different outlook and more in-your-face attitude. Documentaries about art are not really my thing, much to the disappointment for some
Michael says: “I must meekly confess that I watched this curious modern gothic film adapted from a Shirley Jackson tale because I have developed a bit of a crush on Sebastian Stan (The Winter Solder from the Marvel Universe). However,
