Roofman is a crime-comedy film based on the unbelievable true story of Jeffrey Manchester, a spree robber and former Army veteran who was known for breaking into fast-food restaurants through their roofs. The movie is directed by Blue Valentine and...
Forget the usual awards season buzz for a minute—Sean Penn and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson can wait. The real performance we need to be talking about is by Indy the dog in the new film, Good Boy.
I'm giving this...
The Story: A Niche-Specific Biopic
Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine: My first note is on the story itself: I wanted something more. Obviously, it's based on a true story, so you can't inflate the events, but I just didn't think...
Actors Rami Malek and Russell Crowe star in Nuremberg which is a story about the Nuremberg trials. This is a true story which is adapted from history. It’s an account of some of the events that happened leading up to and...
The wilderness thriller Dead of Winter (2025) has been a thrilling and unexpected new direction for one of Hollywood's most beloved dramatic actresses. Playing two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson is Barb, a recently widowed fisherwoman who has set out alone...
Paul Thomas Anderson, we need to talk. You cannot wait another decade to drop another film on us after the absolute masterpiece you just delivered with One Battle After Another. This movie is a full-on cinematic event, and right...
I recently had the opportunity to preview Bau: Artist at War, and I will admit to you that I was fully expecting this to be an intense, brutal Holocaust drama of the type that gets the waterworks flowing. In short,...
Netflix's Black Rabbit, an eight-episode limited series, is an absolute must-see. Starring Jude Law and Jason Bateman, the show follows two estranged brothers who are also successful restaurateurs in New York City. The plot kicks off when a gambling...
The Baltimorons, now available in select theaters and helmed by the well-known Jay Duplass, is a film that took a completely different direction than I expected, and that is in no way a bad thing.
The film follows a character...
I was really, really pumped for A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. The whole idea (which you can read in the synopsis down below) sounded awesome. I watched the trailer and thought, “Okay, maybe this is going to be really cool.” Alas,...
