new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Feb 18–21
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
Dark Waters movie review: capitalism will kill ya
If you like these sorts of movies, you’ll like this one, a solid SJW drama out to condemn, with plenty of evidence, profit-above-all capitalism that embraces willful negligence and corruption.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Feb 17–21
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
Seberg movie review: inept tribute to a troubled movie star
French New Wave icon Jean Seberg plays an unwitting game of cat-and-mouse with the FBI in a strangled blend of biopic and paranoid thriller. Not even always fascinating Kristen Stewart can save this.
The Call of the Wild movie review: a very good boi (mostly)
An old-fashioned kiddie adventure, sweetly earnest, equal parts scary, funny, exciting, sad, and happy, with only a bit of uncanny valley in its CGI doggo star. Definitely had something in my eye.
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Feb 14
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 14
Stella Meghie writes and directs The Photograph, costarring Issa Rae; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
A Simple Wedding movie review: spoiler, it’s not so simple
Charming culture-clash rom-com is full of life, celebrating human universals of family and love, and embracing differences that make the world so interesting. Smart and spritely, feminist and funny.
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Feb 14
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 14
Autumn de Wilde directs and Eleanor Catton writes Emma., starring Anya Taylor-Joy; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Emma. movie review: this queen bee has a bitter sting
A sly, penetrating zing and a frisson of Insta-influencer horror — of the oppression of performative perfection against a marzipan backdrop — renders Austen’s fluff and nonsense deadly serious.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Feb 11–14
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Feb 10
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
Olympic Dreams movie review: coming in from the emotional cold
Guerilla filmmaking is at its most charming in this melancholy romance set — and improvised and shot on the fly — in the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Village. Delightful and delicately observed.
my picks for tonight’s 92nd Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2019’s films) (winners indicated)
I correctly guessed 10 out of the 24 categories, which is at least a little better than last year.
Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts 2020 (92nd Academy Awards) review
My pick: “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl),” a tremendous ode to the power of sports to boost girls’ self-esteem and set them free from the shackles of the limited expectations.
Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts 2020 (92nd Academy Awards) review
My pick: The gorgeous “Brotherhood” opens up reductive notions of Middle Eastern cultures in the Western imagination while telling a moving story of family and forgiveness that is quite universal.
Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts 2020 (92nd Academy Awards) review
My pick: I haven’t seen a short film this year that is as full of pure joy as “Hair Love.” I’d like to think that its sweet positivity will be the thing that, at this awful moment, gives it an edge.
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Feb 07
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 07
Cathy Yan directs and Christina Hodson writes Birds of Prey, starring Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Margot Robbie; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Feb 07
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 07
Cathy Yan directs and Christina Hodson writes Birds of Prey, starring Ella Jay Basco Margot Robbie; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Daniel Isn’t Real movie review: or is he?
Stylistically sophisticated and psychologically insightful, this is an exquisitely ambiguous and inventively disturbing mashup of body horror, demonic possession, and Lovecraftian science fiction.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Feb 04–07
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Feb 03–07
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
Citizen K documentary review: behind the new Cold War
Muckraking documentarian Alex Gibney on why Vladimir Putin is so dangerous, via the tale of a Russian oligarch of the post-Soviet era turned dissident. Vital context for the state of the world today.
Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn movie review: fantabulous
Behold ladyrage given full candy-colored, sparkle-sprinkled voice in an ironically comical spectacle: Haha, isn’t this delightfully absurd? Or is it? This is kidding-not-kidding on celluloid.
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Jan 29–31
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Jan 29–31
Reed Morano directs The Rhythm Section, starring Blake Lively; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Jan 31
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 31
Melina Matsoukas directs and Jodie Turner-Smith costars in Queen & Slim; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
The Rhythm Section movie review: out of tune
Poor Blake Lively does her de-glammed best in this poor Xerox of much better Turn The Urchin Into A Spy thrillers. But there isn’t a single human interaction in this hamfisted movie that rings true.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Jan 28
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Jan 27
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Jan 24–25
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Jan 24
Floria Sigismondi directs The Turning, starring Mackenzie Davis; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Jan 24–25
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 24
Floria Sigismondi directs The Turning, starring Mackenzie Davis… and that’s it. [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
The Turning movie review: it’s screwed
Strips away the ambiguity of the source story to leave us with lazy jump scares, visual gloom, and a cheap cheat of an ending. Gaslights its protagonist and, incredibly enragingly, the viewer, too.
The Rescue movie review: China’s Coast Guard at action-thriller work
This Michael Bay–esque love letter to China Rescue & Salvage may be propaganda, but its enjoyably bonkers melodrama and grippingly engaging action are a lot less obnoxious than any film Bay has made.
Quezon’s Game movie review: earnest historical drama struggles to tell its important tale
An untold Holocaust story, of Philippine president Manuel Quezon’s fight to take in Jewish refugees, feels like it remains untold: this sluggish, overlong film cannot overcome its low-budget roots.
new fantasy flash fiction: “Impedimenta” (free for everyone!)
A teaser for the story inside, links to read the whole thing, plus some more info on this project and a plea for your financial support for it (and for all my work).
Color Out of Space movie review: pink elephant
Body-horror SF via Lovecraftian grotesquerie, with a now tedious rampage from Nic Cage. As if a man needs to be influenced by unfathomable aliens to turn to violence. I need more from my pulp fiction.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Jan 21
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Jan 20–25
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Jan 17
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Jan 17
Birgitta Bongenhielm cowrites Intrigo: Death of an Author… and that’s it. [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Jan 17
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 17
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie star in Bombshell; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
my ranking of the films of 2020 has begun!
Only for Patreon supporters, but sneak a peek at the ranking as it begins inside…
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