Belle movie review: untold stories
Wonderful true story about a mixed-race woman raised in aristocratic late-18th-century England; like the best Jane Austen romance with a social conscience.
girls/women
Oculus movie review: broken glass
The eerie atmosphere of psychological upset is intriguing and unusual, but it’s not actually all that scary.
112 Weddings documentary review: after the party ends
A startling and welcome breath of reality for an institution overladen by fantasy in our culture. Happily ever after is hard!
A Perfect Plan movie review: dumb and dumber
With rom-coms like this, who needs warcrimes? This is the most cruel, most contrived romantic comedy I have ever had the displeasure to endure.
Grace of Monaco movie review: it’s hard to be a woman
It’s not emotionally enthralling, but there’s still much that’s intriguing in this portrait of a woman who refused to let herself be pushed out of frame.
Jeune & Jolie (aka Young & Beautiful) movie review: who says virgin/whore must be a dichotomy?
Is she a virgin, or a whore? Surprise, she’s both! This French drama about a teenager is infuriating in its reductive stereotypes.
Lucky Bastard movie review: Nice Guy in porn-rage massacre
Two contrived things, found-footage and porn, combine to create a flick that is distasteful and downright disgusting in so many ways.
Edge of Tomorrow movie review: all his yesterdays
A witty, clever, character-driven bit of science fiction wonderfulness, full of suspense, surprise, tension, and an unexpected poignancy.
Maleficent movie review: fatal enchantment… you know, for kids!
Please leave your desire for a well-rounded story in the lockers provided, and keep your arms and legs inside the ride while it is in motion.
Frequencies (aka OXV: The Manual) movie review: do you feel me?
A film to warm the cockles of your geeky heart, an incredibly ambitious and profoundly provocative sci-fi drama about ideas that require no FX to sell them.
