In what may be one of the most brutally honest and visceral (and yet resoundingly inspirational) celebrity documentaries ever, we’re taken inside every facet of the struggling singer’s life as she lives each day battling stiff person syndrome. Acclaimed director Irene Taylor (and credit to Dion for providing the all-areas […]
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The Speedway Murders
One of the most original and well-directed true crime documentaries in years, the story of the murder of four young Burger Chef workers in 1978 Indiana plays out like a feature film, punctuated by traces of Errol Morris’ equally captivating ‘The Thin Blue Line’ tossed in for good measure. Still […]
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Fancy Dance
Native American filmmaker Erica Tremblay, making her feature debut, taps into the heart and soul of life on the reservation for this film about the search for answers when a Seneca-Cayuga woman mysteriously disappears. Lily Gladstone, fresh off her Oscar nom for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, may just one-up […]
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Inside Out 2
As a tepid fan (at best) of the 2015 original film, I admittedly didn’t rush into the sequel with bells on, but I didn’t expect to come out of it abjectly bummed out at Pixar’s latest effort. The premise is that young Riley is now hitting puberty, so her core […]
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
The fourth entry into the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence buddy-cop franchise follows 2020’s ‘Bad Boys for Life’ and re-teams the pair with directing duo Adil and Bilal. Though it may not have any long-term cinematic repercussions, it certainly fits nicely into the canon of the franchise and does exactly what it […]
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The Watchers
Adapted and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan (daughter of M. Night), this supposed suspense/horror flick is actually neither and instead plods along, heavy on mood and eeriness but not much else. The story of four people locked in a mirrored room in the Irish woods while ‘others’ watch them stand […]
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How to Rob a Bank
Presented as a bizarre and outrageous true-crime documentary about the ‘Hollywood’ bank robberies in early/mid-90s Seattle, this Netflix original winds up being a fairly straight-forward story about Scott Scurlock, an eccentric guy who was good at robbing banks. Sure, he lived in a treehouse and liked to stand around naked […]
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Young Woman and the Sea
Daisy Ridley stars as Trudy Ederle in this powerfully heartwarming, stand-up-and-cheer film about the first woman to swim the English Channel, back in 1926. Director Joachim Rønning (‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’) deftly straddles the line between traditional biopic and celebration of female empowerment, letting Ridley […]
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Jim Henson: Idea Man
Chronicling the life (and amazing ideas) of the father of The Muppets, this snazzy documentary directed by Ron Howard takes you on a wildly imaginative and creative journey. It’s a moving and fairly comprehensive look at Henson without ever being just a video version of a Wikipedia entry. Contributions from […]
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