Pearl Jam: Let’s Play Two
Highlighting Pearl Jam’s two-night stint at Wrigley Field, which coincided with the Chicago Cubs’ World Series victory in 2016, Pearl Jam: Let’s Play Two is a unique cross between a concert film and a baseball […]
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I, Tonya
I, Tonya is the story of Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) and the events surrounding the 1994 assault on rival Nancy Kerrigan (Caitlin Carver). Think Black Swan with […]
Funny Games (1997)
Funny Games is an Austrian horror film from Michael Haneke of Amour fame, a movie I mention only to include this bizarre video. Part endurance horror and part postmodern finger-wagging […]
Fantastic Voyage
A team of scientists take a trip into the unknown which lasts just one hour and can be measured in centimeters, as they’re shrunk down to microscopic size and head […]
Up in Smoke
Stoners get a bad rap for a group that’s given us Ben & Jerry’s, all modern music and Barack Obama. But when it comes to stoner comedy that lazy reputation […]
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 […]
Short Cuts
Short Cuts is a 1993 Robert Altman film inspired by Raymond Carver’s short stories, not to be confused with Short Cunts starring Tom Cruise and me. Short Cuts may be an […]
Ed Wood
Before there was Tommy Wiseau, M. Night Shyamalan or David Ayer, there was Ed Wood – the “Worst Director of All Time.” Nowadays Johnny Depp is officially the most overpaid […]
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