Steve McQueen’s Red, White and Blue Doesn’t Give Easy Answers on Police Brutality | Review
This review is part of our coverage of the 2020 New York Film Festival. The Pitch: Continuing his probing look at the lives of the...
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The Pitch: What we publicly and historically know about Martin Luther King Jr. is as follows. The reverend was a pacifist and advocate for...
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Regina King’s One Night in Miami Is A Quiet and Powerful Meditation on Race | Review
This review was originally part of our coverage of the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. The Pitch: On the night of Cassius Clay’s (Eli...
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19 Problems With Michael Bay’s Pandemic Thriller Songbird | Review
The Pitch: It should be noted, before sharing the plot of Songbird, that Pfizer, Moderna, and a growing number of other medical companies are...
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The Christmas Chronicles 2 Completely Wastes the Magic of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn | Review
The Pitch: It’s been a couple of years since Kate (Darby Camp) and Teddy (Judah Lewis) helped save Christmas, with the help of a bedraggled...
Steve McQueen’s Mangrove Is a Courtroom Masterpiece | Review
This review originally ran in September 2020 as part of our coverage of the 2020 New York Film Festival. The Pitch: In 1968, Notting Hill...
Freaky Is a Hell of a Good Time | Review
This review originally ran as part of our coverage of the 2020 Beyond Film Festival. The Pitch: Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton) is a year...
Netflix’s The Devil All the Time Is an Overstuffed Southern Gothic Stew | Review
The Pitch: Set against the mud-covered backdrop of southern Ohio and West Virginia in the ’50s and ’60s, we see the ways that faith, violence,...
Lucky Shines a Bright Light on the Ways We Fail Women | Fantasia Fest Review
This review is part of our Fantasia Festival 2020 coverage. The Pitch: On the surface, Lucky is a quirky slasher with an intriguing premise....
Russell Crowe Taps Into His Inner Nicolas Cage for Maniac Motorist Movie Unhinged | Review
The Pitch: Ever wander on to YouTube, watch a few “Fail” videos, and suddenly find the algorithm inundating you with “Epic Fail” and “Expensive...
Tom Hanks Saves Apple TV+’s Greyhound From Sinking | Review
The Pitch: In the North Atlantic during World War II exists a stretch of water known as the Black Pit. It’s there, beyond the...
Mel Gibson’s Force of Nature Drowns While Trying to Own the Libs | Review
The Pitch: Wondering what Ken and Karen will be screening this holiday weekend? Look no further than Force of Nature, the storm/heist mashup that...
American Pie | Film Review
1999 was the year that America hit peak teen movie: She’s All That, 10 Things I Hate About You, Cruel Intentions, Varsity Blues, and...