Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” is the portrait of a life that might seem small and simple, but is full of insight, discipline, and steady rewards.
It stars Koji Yakusho, in a performance that won...
Colin and Cameron Cairnes’ “Late Night with the Devil” presents itself as a documentary about a haunted episode of a 1977 talk show, which we see in full.
Following a recap of how once-promising...
"Occult Misadventures Are More Serious and Scary Than Fun and Funny"
Content: -4 Intentional blasphemy, evil, gross immorality, and/or worldview problems. (To be avoided)
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire ***
The main problem with 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, aside from digitally desecrating the corpse of Harold Ramis, was that it completely misunderstood the fact that...
You could excuse “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” for wallowing in nostalgia.
The reboot/sequel had to wash away the stain of the 2016 “Ghostbusters: Answer the Call” while making amends with the franchise...
"A Comprehensive Look at the Great Flood"
Content: +4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.
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The 1989 film “Road House” isn’t a classic. It’s more like a “classic.”
Patrick Swayze’s honky tonk romp is both deeply flawed and a cherished ’80s film. Any attempt to remake it seems...
“The Zone of Interest” kept the camera away from the Nazi atrocities.
We watched a “normal” German family literally living next door to a concentration camp. Only the nauseating sounds of the...
We live in a world where Hollywood can’t seem to figure out why people aren’t going to the movie theaters anymore. Maybe the problem lies in the fact that Hollywood is continuously pumping out nauseating...
Warning: Behemotic spoilers ahead!
The least one can say is that mass media loved Poor Things. Nearly every news article gushed over it while award ceremonies threw all their trophies at it, including...
The American Society of Magical Negroes ***
Writer/director Kobi Libii concocts the kind of satirical premise that easily could have tipped over into pedantic self-importance, but emerges with a deft...
"An Engaging Tale of Small-Town Values and Friendship"
Content: -2 Extreme caution for older teenagers and adults.
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One of the greatest works of criticism about the Coen brothers comes from Screentakes’s Jennine Lanouette in her review of “Inside Llewyn Davis.”
The 2013 drama is arguably one of Joel and Ethan...
"Stopping the “Empress of Deception”"
Content: -3 Excessive sex, violence, immorality, and/or worldview problems. (Sometimes excessive content such as violence is in otherwise redemptive movies.)
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Frances Xavier Cabrini wouldn’t take no for an answer.
The Italian immigrant known as Mother Cabrini pushed past patriarchal bullies, making history with every selfless act.
She’s no Girlboss,...
"An Unforgettable Redemptive Adventure"
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Love often blooms between damaged souls, but in “Love Lies Bleeding” there’s another element in play.
Iron. The story of a female bodybuilder falling for the daughter of a small-town thug feels...
Set in 1945, Godzilla Minus One is about a kamakazi pilot who’s too afraid to actually do the deed. Instead he fakes technical issues with the plane in order to land and avoid his fate. However, the...
If you’re a fan of pro wrestling, then you know all about the Von Erich family, the pro wrestling dynasty that rose to fame in the 1980s and had a tragic — and I do mean tragic — fall. While far...
Silent Night is a movie where the main protagonist (Joel Kinnaman) doesn’t say a single line of dialogue throughout the entirety of its runtime. Interestingly, Nicolas Cage, Kinnaman’s co-star in Sympathy...
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