The movie date night at home is, let’s face it, the most iconic date idea ever. It’s a time-tested classic that will never go out of style. The good news is that by making a
HIT MAN– 5 STARS Early on in Richard Linklater’s snappy and slinky Hit Man, a co-worker remarks to the main character Gary Johnson that he has an “unreadable face,” one that is “perfectly forgettable.” In
GUY FRIENDS– 5 STARS On the matters of love in the arenas of advice and counseling, Dr. Gary Chapman’s 5 Love Languages are all the rage. For goodness sake, they have their own app and
BANG BANG– 4 STARS The first full scene of Bang Bang gives audiences a long, hard look at what will be the main character of Vincent Grashaw’s movie played by Tim Blake Nelson, best known
EZRA– 3 STARS As a school teacher by day dealing with elementary students and their parents, I have seen and labeled living embodiments of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s well-known and often modified expression of “the apple
Images courtesy of Searchlight Pictures KINDS OF KINDNESS— 2 STARS Based on his filmography championing the eclectic and bizarre, notable filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos strikes me as an idea man. Now that he’s gilded with five
THELMA– 4 STARS There’s a cute moment early on in Thelma when our titular senior citizen protagonist played by the incomparable Nebraska Oscar nominee June Squibb is agape watching Tom Cruise sprint across London rooftops in 2018’s
THE BIKERIDERS– 4 STARS Amid the ostentatious theatricality of actors making all kinds of noise in The Bikeriders, the other sound the film absolutely nails is the unmistakable deep bass rumble caused the asymmetrical arrangement
MIDAS– 3 STARS There’s a bit of a Robin Hood quality to the 2024 indie film Midas when it comes to robbing the rich to support the poor. The outlaw spirit and even the in-the-name-of-protest
DADDIO– 4 STARS LESSON #1: THE VARYING DEPTHS OF UNEXPECTED CONVERSATIONS– There’s a large gap between forgettable and memorable when it comes to random conversations occurring between strangers. Somedays, it’s simply cordial and disposable pleasantries