PAST LIVES: A Powerful and Moving Cinematic Experience

Writer/director Celine Song makes her feature film debut with an outstanding film that makes its audience reflect upon the various paths we have taken in life and those we didn’t. The movie focuses on the relationship between two former childhood friends who had the potential for romantic involvement, but life had other plans for them.… Continue reading PAST LIVES: A Powerful and Moving Cinematic Experience

Tribeca Film Festival Review: CHASING CHASING AMY

In late 2018, filmmaker Sav Rodgers delivered a TED Talk on his relationship with Kevin Smith’s 1997 film, Chasing Amy. Rodgers relays how he first saw the film when he was 12. He states he was a Ben Affleck fan after watching him in Daredevil (2003) and watching Affleck’s character Holden and actress Joey Lauren… Continue reading Tribeca Film Festival Review: CHASING CHASING AMY

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE Outdoes Its First Installment

In 2018, movie audiences experienced a fantastic movie, Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse, which explores the possibilities of a multiverse existing within the world of Marvel Comics. Now, I am sure everyone going into this sequel has the expectations that the filmmakers cannot, in any way, top what they have accomplished previously. How can they? The… Continue reading SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE Outdoes Its First Installment

THE BOOGEYMAN Delivers Genuine Frights

Based on the short story by Stephen King, the movie adaptation of The Boogeyman delivers when it comes to supernatural horror. While it attempts to delve deeper into real human emotions of loss and mourning, it doesn’t succeed. I have never actually read the source material of the movie. Still, director Rob Savage and his… Continue reading THE BOOGEYMAN Delivers Genuine Frights

YOU HURT MY FEELINGS Gives a Charming and Comedic Glimpse Into Relationship Drama

In every type of relationship, most people have encountered the experience where sharing their opinion could hurt someone they hold dear. That is precisely the premise of this humorous and delightful film, where a writer values her husband’s opinion of her work but is floored when she accidentally discovers the truth. Featuring exceptional performances by… Continue reading YOU HURT MY FEELINGS Gives a Charming and Comedic Glimpse Into Relationship Drama

KANDAHAR Offers A Strange Mix of Action, Both Great and Undecipherable

Two recent films attempt to give audiences a “realistic” glimpse into the lives and work of American soldiers in Afghanistan and their relationships with their Islamic-bred translators. Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant is one of them, and Ric Roman Waugh’s Kandahar is the other. While both films have riveting and harrowing moments, neither ultimately comes across… Continue reading KANDAHAR Offers A Strange Mix of Action, Both Great and Undecipherable

MATCH ME IF YOU CAN World Premiere at the Dallas International Film Festival

The Dallas International Film Festival was held from April 28 – May 5, 2023, and hosted the World Premiere of Director Marian Yeager’s feature film, Match Me if You Can, Texas Feature Competition category. The script is written by Betsy Morris (Ten Inch Hero, Last Call at Murray’s) and is about finding love when deemed… Continue reading MATCH ME IF YOU CAN World Premiere at the Dallas International Film Festival

WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

The cross-cultural comedy, What’s Love Got to Do with It, premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival and won Best Comedy at the 2022 Rome Film Festival. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth) and written and produced by Jemima Khan (Impeachment: American Crime Story), the filmmakers tackle the question of finding lasting love… Continue reading WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?