Category: Drama
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Sundance Film Festival Movie Review – One for the Road
When Bong Joon Ho won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film last year for Parasite, he said, “”Once you overcome the 1-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.” I love this sentiment. As a teenager, I was lucky to have a mother willing to take me…
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Sundance Film Festival Movie Review – Marvelous and the Black Hole
What were you like at thirteen? This film may bring back some of the pain and frustration of your earlier years. Yet it’s a fun, uplifting watch. Perhaps this year’s Peanut Butter Falcon. Miya Cech plays Sammy, a teenager living with her father and sister and coping with her mother’s death. When she’s forced to…
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Sundance Film Festival Movie Review – How It Ends
If you knew it was the last day before the world ended, how would you spend it? That’s the question How It Ends explores. And the answers are funny, touching, and surprising. The movie reminded me of the first half of Seeking a Friend For the End of the World, which which deals with similar…
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Sundance Film Festival Movie Review – Mass
Mass may be the most emotional film you sit through this year. But it’s worth it to see four great actors at the top of their game. In this powerful movie, the parents of a school shooter and the parents of one of his victims meet to try to get some closure. It’s an…
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Is there anything extra during the end credits of Nobody?
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Yes, there are extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Nobody. View details and movie information…
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Movie Review – Nobody
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Nobody totally exceeded my expectations. I’ve been waiting for this to come out and had high hopes. Usually when I’m really looking forward to a movie, it sucks. Not last night. I had so much fun watching it doing my job was hard. Where to begin? The music choices were spot on and added a…
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Is there anything extra during the end credits of The Courier?
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No, there are not any extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of The Courier. View details and movie information…
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Movie Review – The Courier
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Whenever I do Peetimes my husband requests I call and let him know I’ve made it home safely. (He’s a truck driver out on the road.) I started my call with, “You better thank Oleg Penkovsky for even being alive.” He didn’t know what I was talking about. Of course neither did I, two hours…
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Indie Movie Review – Luz
How far would you go for love? How long would you wait for the one you love? These are questions raised by the new movie Luz. It’s a love story about two men who initially meet in prison. They explore their relationship further once they’re both released. Ruben (Ernesto Reyes) is a new prisoner. His…
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Sundance Festival Movie Review – CODA
What would you do if you had to choose between taking care of your parents and taking care of yourself, between going after your own dreams or keeping the family business alive? This is the dilemma faced by the protagonist of CODA (Child of Deaf Adults). [Editor’s note: not an uncommon situation these days.] CODA…
