Not All Dogs Go to Heaven
A Dog’s Journey by Cat McAlpine An alcoholic single mother (Glow’s Betty Gilpin) falls out with her dead husband’s family and struggles to juggle her floundering music career and responsibilities…read more →
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Rules & Consequences
John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum by Hope Madden John F. Wick. You have to tip your hat to a filmmaker who understands his strengths and plays to them. For Chad Stahelski,…read more →
I Don’t Want to Go Out—Week of May 13
Bunches of movies out this week in home entertainment, and a couple of them are quite amazing. Here’s the whole run down. Click the film title for the full review.…read more →
Pika Pika
Pokémon Detective Pikachu by Hope Madden When my son was small and we played pretend, I made believe I was Snorlax so I could lay on the couch and do…read more →
Gimme an A! A! R! P!
Poms by Christie Robb At a time when movies are pushing three hours, it feels weird to want one to run longer, but at just over an hour and a…read more →
Charlie’s Angels
Charlie Says by Hope Madden It’s been 50 years since Charles Manson and his family effectively terminated the 1960s. Filmmaker Mary Harron (American Psycho) joins Daniel Farrands and Quentin Tarantino…read more →
Wild Thing
Wild Nights with Emily by Hope Madden Here’s a fun trend in recent indie filmmaking: let’s revisit our historic “spinsters”, shall we? Craig William Macneill gave Lizzie Borden the treatment…read more →
Hello Dolly
UglyDolls by Hope Madden We open on what is essentially the Island of Misfit Toys. This is the moment when the adults in the UglyDolls audience need to make a…read more →
It Ain’t Teen Spirit
Her Smell by Hope Madden “Kill your idols.” “Give them enough rope and they will do it themselves.” Apt lines from Alex Ross Perry’s new rock and roll meltdown, Her…read more →
Run Through It
The River and the Wall by Rachel Willis Director Ben Masters has an interest in the land along the Rio Grande. In making The River and the Wall, he hopes…read more →