"A Man Called Otto" Review
No one else in this titular role would have been able to make something out of nothing like Hanks does
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Hunter Friesen
- Dec 22, 2022
"The Pale Blue Eye" Review
Unlike the other Netflix murder mystery of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, this case doesn’t contain a smiles, least of all a laugh.
Hunter Friesen
- Dec 21, 2022
"Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody" Review
You've seen this film before. You've seen this film SO many times before.
Hunter Friesen
- Dec 16, 2022
"Babylon" Review
Chazelle has more than earned himself this exercise in self-indulgence and outrageousness, and we’re all better for witnessing it.
Hunter Friesen
- Dec 14, 2022
"Avatar: The Way of Water" Review
You know how video games have tried to be more cinematic these past few generations? Works from Rockstar Games with Red Dead Redemption...
Hunter Friesen
- Dec 12, 2022
"White Noise" Review
What do Hitler, car crashes, Elvis, the fear of death, airborne toxic events, supermarkets, and the afterlife all have in common?
Hunter Friesen
- Dec 7, 2022
"Emancipation" Review
Emancipation will likely not be the comeback vehicle that Smith desperately needs, but it was also never designed to be that.
Hunter Friesen
- Dec 4, 2022
"Pinocchio" Review
The attention to detail is immaculate, with the painstakingly crafted sets and character movements given their time to shine
Hunter Friesen
- Dec 2, 2022
"Spoiler Alert" Review
If a movie is incredibly predictable, but the creatives recognize and address it, is it then still predictable?
Hunter Friesen
- Dec 2, 2022
"Lady Chatterley's Lover" Review
Book club moms have a new film to swoon over
Hunter Friesen
- Dec 1, 2022
"Violent Night" Review
Ho ho... no
Hunter Friesen
- Nov 27, 2022
"Hunt" Review
There are certain things within our mortal world that have been proven to be impossible. You can’t travel faster than the speed of light,...
Hunter Friesen
- Nov 25, 2022
"Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths" Review
The year’s most technically accomplished and uber-pretentious piece of filmmaking.
Hunter Friesen
- Nov 19, 2022
"Devotion" Review
Just as the Korean War holds the moniker “America’s forgotten war,” Devotion will likely be “America’s forgotten 2022 aviation film."
Hunter Friesen
- Nov 17, 2022
"Spirited" Review
Nothing on paper hinted that I would walk out of Spirited with a smile on my face and a spring in my step.
Hunter Friesen
- Nov 16, 2022
"The Menu" Review
No recent movie has made me ask the question “what is going to happen next?," more frequently and passionately than The Menu.
Hunter Friesen
- Nov 13, 2022
"Bones and All" Review
It just so happens that the film with the biggest heart this year also contains several sequences of actual human hearts being devoured.
Hunter Friesen
- Nov 10, 2022
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" Review
This return to the land of Wakanda was a welcome one, but it could have been so much more fruitful.
Hunter Friesen
- Nov 4, 2022
"The Wonder" Review
Through fine work from all facets of its production, The Wonder accomplishes what it sets out to do, telling a story I fully believed
Hunter Friesen
- Nov 1, 2022
"Enola Holmes 2" Review
It’s just a shame the simplicity of the title doesn’t translate to the story within, which falters from a hurried script
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