Isle of Dogs
In an alternative Japan, intelligent dogs are downtrodden victims of social prejudice due to an ancient conflict. Following the outbreak of dog flu, Mayor Kobayashi of Megasaki hatches a plan […]
Category Archives: New Releases
Love, Simon
Simon (Nick Robinson, not that one) leads a normal high schooler’s life (for “normal” read “charmed”) except that he’s keeping his homosexuality a secret in Love, Simon; a title that’s […]
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Celebrities dabbling as inventors is nothing new; who can forget Will.i.am’s smart watch that (inadvertently) doubles as a needle for drawing blood, or Gwyneth Paltrow’s bath salts that mask natural […]
A Fantastic Woman
After being conditioned to be wary of movies with “Fantastic” in the title (Fantastic 4, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Fantastic […]
Game Night
If you watched David Fincher’s The Game and longed for all the weird tension to be replaced by generic gags, might I recommend Game Night or a long hard look […]
Dark River
Stop me if you’ve herd this one: a woman returns to the family farm following the death of a relative and tries to save the farm while haunted by the […]
Lady Bird
If I were to throw around words like “indie”, “coming of age” and “Greta Gerwig”, you’d probably tell me to stop calling, how did you get this number. But this […]
Black Panther
If you were to list the finest black screen actors currently working, there’s a good chance the list would include Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle and Idris Elba. And […]
The Shape of Water
Sally Hawkins plays Elisa, a cleaner in a military research facility who develops an affinity with the new ‘asset’ – an aquatic humanoid from the Amazon. Think ET or Free […]
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Denzel Washington bags an Oscar nomination as a lawyer in this conceptually confused version of Philadelphia. The usually effortless Washington, out of his comfort zone like Donald Trump doing a […]
Screen Goblin 