Category: Movie Reviews
Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017)
A hockey player plagued by injuries is confronted with the possibility of retirement when a tough new player challenges his status as the league’s top enforcer.
Moka (2016)
A grieving woman pursues a couple who she suspects of killing her son in a hit-and-run.
Patti Cake$ (2017)
PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
The Trip to Spain (2017)
Actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a six-part episodic road trip through Europe. This time they’re in Spain, sampling the restaurants, eateries, and sights along the way.
Tulip Fever (2017)
An artist falls for a young married woman while he’s commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of 17th century Amsterdam.
Bushwick (2017)
When a Texas military force invades their Brooklyn neighborhood, 20-year-old Lucy and war veteran Stupe must depend on each other to survive.
City of Ghosts (2017)
A documentary that follows the efforts of “Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently,” a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014.
Good Time (2017)
After a heist goes awry, a bank robber spends a night trying to free his mentally ill brother from being sent to Riker’s Island prison.
In This Corner of the World (2016)
Set in Hiroshima during World War II, an eighteen-year-old girl gets married and now has to prepare food for her family despite the rationing and lack of supplies. As she struggles with the…
Ingrid Goes West (2017)
An unhinged social media stalker moves to LA and insinuates herself into the life of an Instagram star.
Leap! (2016)
An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
Lemon (2017)
A man watches his life unravel after he is left by his girlfriend of 10 years.
The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)
Adrift in New York City, a recent college graduate’s life is upended by his father’s mistress.
The Untamed (2016)
A couple in a troubled marriage locate a meteorite, initiating an encounter with a mysterious creature. Their lives are turned upside down by the discovery of the creature, which is a source of both pleasure and destruction.
Brigsby Bear (2017)
Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children’s TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James’s life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story …
Dave Made a Maze (2017)
Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation.
Logan Lucky (2017)
Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina.
Step (2017)
STEP documents the senior year of a girls’ high-school step dance team against the background of inner-city Baltimore.