S.J.
Quick TV Reviews: 'Unorthodox', 'The Queen's Gambit', ‘Mrs. America' | Miniseries, Drama
UNORTHODOX (miniseries) This is a star-making role for Shira Haas who plays Esther, a young woman who decides to leave her strictly...
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S.J.
Sep 13, 2020
Quick Reviews: 'Atlantics', 'The Dead Don't Die' | Romance Drama, Jim Jarmusch's Zombie Comedy
When the last shot of Atlantics (Atlantique in French, Wolof title currently unknown) started fading out, it insists one to think that they
S.J.
Sep 4, 2020
Quick Reviews: 'Anna', 'Velvet Buzzsaw' | Action Thriller, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zawe Ashton
ANNA Anna can only be described as a disappointment that is playing one monotonous note all the way through because it’s as predictable...
S.J.
Sep 1, 2020
Quick Reviews: 'A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood', 'Her Smell' | Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Moss
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD In a big part of the promotional material for A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, I found there to...
S.J.
Aug 14, 2020
Quick Reviews: 'Godzilla: King Of The Monsters', 'Stuber' | Kaiju, Dave Bautista, Kumail Nanjiani
GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS One of the bigger complaints about the 2014’s ‘Godzilla’ was that in the vein of something like ‘Jaws’, it...
S.J.
Jul 30, 2020
Quick Reviews: 'Wild Rose', 'The Addams Family' | Jessie Buckley On Vocals, Wednesday On Cello
WILD ROSE Even if Wild Rose from director Tom Harper isn’t a biographical film (you might expect it to be based on the concept), it is...
S.J.
Jul 6, 2020
Quick Reviews: 'Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark', 'Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw'
SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK Anytime you restrict horror or thriller movies from doing something, you’re automatically setting...
S.J.
Jun 20, 2020
Quick Reviews: 'Pain And Glory', 'Yesterday' | Pedro Almodóvar, Antonio Banderas, Himesh Patel
PAIN AND GLORY There’s always a fear in the back of your head when you hear a movie is about a filmmaker and fears will grow when it has...
S.J.
May 26, 2020
Quick Reviews: 'The Aeronauts', 'High Life' | Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Robert Pattinson
THE AERONAUTS If I’m able to check out a film about something completely or nearly new to me, it’s good to do without reading about the...
S.J.
May 23, 2020
Quick Reviews: 'Spies In Disguise', 'Seberg' | Spy Comedy, Kristen Stewart, Biographical Thriller
SPIES IN DISGUISE Flying like a pigeon so under the radar in December, Spies In Disguise directed by Troy Quane and Nick Bruno threw its...
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