Reel Reviews | Snakehead (TIFF ’21)
by Kristen Lopez | IndieWire “Chinatown doesn’t change for anybody,” says Jade Wu’s Dai Mah late in Evan Jackson Leong’s “Snakehead,” the kind of line [read more]
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Reel Reviews | Uncut Gems
by Tim Gordon A charismatic jeweler makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime.
Reel Reviews | The Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw
By Charles Kirkland Jr. Two alpha males have to learn to work together to save the world in The Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and [read more]
Reel Reviews | Shaft
Shaft is the typical plain-Jane, vanilla, pop comedy-action movie that Tim Story usually makes. It’s not deep in meaning or political in its message, it reduces an iconic character to dim-witted, monotone joke and is only mildly entertaining.
Reel Reviews | On the Basis of Sex
Despite being discriminated against because she was a woman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg rose to become one of the most respected litigators of our time. Director Mimi Leder’s On the Basis of Sex tells the story of the eldest U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Reel Reviews | The Incredibles 2
by Charles Kirkland Jr. After fourteen long years, one of the most desired sequels arrives with a super-powered punch.
Reel Reviews | How to Talk to Girls At Parties
by Charles Kirkland Jr. A little-known short story by Neil Gaiman comes to life in the indie comedy romance, How To Talk To Girls At [read more]
Reel Reviews | Pacific Rim: Uprising
by Monica Hayes Steven DeKnight’s Pacific Rim: Uprising is a promising sequel with amazing special effects that fell flat on its face like a punch [read more]