Queen & Slim

Cherish the ride, no matter where it goes. Tinder brings together two people in a Cleveland, Ohio diner. One, “Queen,” (Jodie Turner-Smith) is a defendant lawyer. The other, “Slim,” (Daniel Kaluuya) is…not a lawyer. He’s a God-fearing family man, totally different from Queen, who’s a nonbeliever and distant from her kinfolk. The date isn’t bad, […]

Just Mercy

Hopelessness is the enemy of justice. Injustice arrives to take away Mr. Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx) in 1987 Alabama after an average day out and about in the woods. He’s been charged with the brutal murder of an 18-year-old Caucasian female. His sentence? Death, despite the extremely questionable testimonial from the man who claimed he […]

21 Bridges

Justice comes with a cost. At the age of 13, Andre Davis (Chadwick Boseman) lost his officer father in the line of duty. The way his father went out, somewhat passively, has driven Andre, now a detective, to carry out justice his own way. While not a full on Dirty Harry type, he’s got no […]

Ford V Ferrari

Drive like you mean it. The year is 1963, and the Ford Motor Company, led by Henry Ford II (Tracy Letts) needs something to improve slumping sales. General Manager of Marketing, Lee Iacocca (Jon Bernthal) offers a solution: Buy Ferrari, a sexy, youth-appealing car maker that is currently bankrupt, yet a stalwart of the racing […]

Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer

“Get the story, and don’t come back until you have it.” Back in 1926, a small paper known as The New York Evening Enquirer came to be, serving mainly as a proponent for totalitarian policies. As one could imagine, that didn’t sell well. Sensing an opportunity to fill a void comes Gene Pope, Jr., wanting […]

Parasite (2019)

The family that schemes together stays together. In South Korea, the Kim family—patriarch Ki-taek (Song Kang-ho), matriarch Chung-sook (Jang Hye-jin), daughter Ki-jeong (Park So-dam), and son Ki-woo (Choi Woo-shik)—is struggling to get by in the slums, taking on any job to make some money and one day get out of the basement apartment they live […]

Scream 2: 5 Reasons to Watch

Scream 1996 really did inject a ton of energy into what was a flailing horror genre, creating a new slasher villain that, if not quite on par with Freddy, Jason, and Michael Myers, is damn close. Director Wes Craven’s feature was equal parts of honoring what came before it, along with deconstructing what audiences generally […]

The Lighthouse (2019)

T Killing a seabird. Invokes as much bad luck as spilling the salt. In 1890’s offshore New England, old and creaky lighthouse keeper Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) hires young wickie Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) to do menial work around the property for one month. Tom gets a younger hand, and Ephraim—aka “Lad”—gets to learn the […]

Mary (2019)

When’s the last time any good was found out at sea? What David Greer (Gary Oldman) needs to find is a new beginning with his family. He and spouse Sarah (Emily Mortimer) are in the process of rebuilding trust with one another while committing to be great parents to daughters Lindsey (Stefanie Scott), and Mary (Chloe […]

Gemini Man (2019)

If you can’t stand the sight of what stares back at you in the mirror, then it’s time to assess why. After decades of serving his country, Henry Brogan (Will Smith) has had enough. He’s regarded as the United States’ best government assassin, protecting her interests and national security. But even the most cold-blooded assassins […]