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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
'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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Late Thaw - Film Review
A review by Rachel Flanagan. A haunting new fantasy short, A Late Thaw, written and directed by award winning Canadian Filmmaker, Kim Barr, takes an expressive look at love, grief and the power to move on. Barr created this film as a way to explore ...
The Magnificent Seven - Film Review
A film review by Joan Alperin. I was so excited to see the remake of The Magnificent Seven when I heard that the wonderful action director, Antoine Fugua (' Training Day', 'The Equalizer' 'Southpaw ') was at the helm. His always takes it a step up ...
Birth of a Nation - Film Review
A review by Joan Alperin. I went to this screening dreading the brutality I knew I was about to witness. Films about slavery and the holocaust always have the same affect on me...They wipe me out emotionally and no many how many times I see movies ...
The Girl on the Train - Film Review
A review by Joan Alperin. The first thing you're probably wondering is if I read the book. The answer to that is yes. And then you might be wondering did I like the book? The answer to that is No, I LOVED the book. The novel, in case you don't know, ...
The Accountant - Film Review
Film Review by Joan Aplerin. (L-r) RON PRATHER as Frank Rice, SUSAN WILLIAMS as Dolores Rice and BEN AFFLECK as Christian Wolff in Warner Bros. Pictures' "THE ACCOUNTANT," a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Chuck Zlotnick I have one word for ...
Jack Reacher - Film Review
A review by Joan Alperin. I have read every single book that Lee Child's has written and to say I am a huge fan is an understatement. What makes Child so unique is that he only writes about one character - Jack Reacher. When I first heard that Cruise ...
Doctor Strange - film Review 11/02/16
A film review by Joan Alperin. 'Doctor Strange' is absolutely wonderful and I loved every single second of it. The Doctor, played impeccable by Benedict Cumberbatch (who knew the dude could be so sexy?) is a different kind of superhero. Yes, he can ...
Bad Samaritan - Film Review
... thing, making him a likable and relatable protagonist. Both the violence quotient and tension are high, and this is not a film for the squeamish, but lovers of suspense will find this film smart and entertaining. Bad Samaritan is the latest offering ...
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. ...