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Writers need to be read. Musicians need to be heard. But after three years of painting, Dan, Kelsey...
Most movies struggle to come up with one good idea. The sci-fi thriller Parallel Minds has a...
When Donna and Nick got married, they pledged to be together forever, for richer or poorer, for...
Dir: Lena Khan. US. 2021. 91 mins. A boy and his courageous collie. A girl and her beautiful horse....
Dir: Ian Samuels. US. 2021. 99 mins. Margaret (Kathryn Newton) and Mark (Kyle Allen) are stuck in a...
You’d better pray Arthur Breznik is crazy. Because otherwise, we’re in real trouble. An...
When my wife and I searched for a house more than 20 years ago, we had a few musts. The town had to...
What do you call it when you keep trying to fix something even when it isn’t broken? In The...
Melissa McCarthy may save the world, but she can’t fix this sci-fi farce Dir: Ben Falcone. US....
“The Mentor” is a movie that always wants to push things right to the edge. Unfortunately, it often...
Neither about nor for children, but recommended nonetheless Dir: Evan Morgan. Canada. 2020. 100...
Michelle Pfeiffer plays the diva in a slow, stubbornly quirky comedy Dir: Azazel Jacobs. US/UK....
Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray deliver a soft-focus view of a Manhattan that now almost seems like a...
The horror begins within. A sense of the other. A lurking fear. A strange feeling that grows and...
Some films are content to give you a slice of life. Northwood Pie gives you the whole greasy...
They left America to wage a war. They came home to find another one. America’s battlefield medicine...
When you see what most “faith-based” films turn out like, it’s a sin. Modestly budgeted indies made...
The romantic comedy Toss It starts with someone flipping a coin – but ultimately it’s the audience...
Video games are not movies, but a lot of movie makers haven’t gotten the message. Every so often,...