MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
Fresh Fruit
Somehow, Da Peng has made what might be the world’s first fruit thriller in The Lychee Road.
Good ‘Bad’ Movie
The Bad Guys 2 goes bad, but in a good way, and not in the way sequels go bad. Good.
Haute Fromage
Only in France could cheese play a crucial role in a coming-of-age film. Case in point: Holy Cow.
Lateral Upgrade
No dancing, no hallways, not animalistic child murder. M3GAN 2.0 is an upgrade in length but not much else.
Money is Overrated
A Samurai in Time is the kind of low-budget DIY filmmaking that reminds you why you like the movies.
Just… Stop
I guess… if it’s really hot out… maybe… you got to Lilo & Stitch? Or if the kids demand it.
A Bolt From the Blue
OMG we’ve gotten the first good MCU movie in a dog’s age with Thunderbolts*.
Credits & Debits
Who knew we needed a sequel to The Accountant? Evidently Gavin O’Connor and Ben Affleck did.
School Daze
The Uniform is a love triangle melodrama first, class-based education piss-take second.
Man’s Best Client
Dog on Trial is one of those movies that shouldn’t really work, but somehow kind of does.
Comfort Food
The Solitary Gourmet is one part food movie, one part travelogue, all TV series.
Lots of Pain, MInimal Gain
Seems like the One Man Army is a thing now. Add Novocaine to the canon.
Love Scam: Take 2
Aside from positing 38 is practically dead, Salli is an inoffensive coming of romantic age drama.
Zero Sum Filmmaking
You think you know what you’ll get in Detective Chinatown 1900, but you’d be wrong.