Tag: Movie Review

  • Review: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’

    Review: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’

    While this isn’t quite the ideal Black History Month watch, The Trial of the Chicago 7covers a very real history of protesting in America from the perspective of the 1968 Democratic National Convention protestors. While these protests looked very different from the ones America saw in the summer of 2020, protestors risked their lives to have…

  • ‘Fast Color’: A Strikingly Different Take on the Superhero Film – Movie Review

    ‘Fast Color’: A Strikingly Different Take on the Superhero Film – Movie Review

    Set in a future dystopian United States in which water is running out, Julia Hart’s Fast Color (2018) is a refreshingly different take on the superhero film.

  • The Reviews are in: This Movie is Going “Downhill” in Ratings

    The Reviews are in: This Movie is Going “Downhill” in Ratings

    Originally Published: February 28, 2020 What can I say about this Will Ferrell/Julia Louis-Dreyfus-led “dramedy?” Well, the comedy part of Downhill is completely non-existent. And I should have known that the film was a flop when I walked into an empty theater at a prime time on a Friday night. The movie follows a family dealing with…

  • Dolemite Is My Name — Film Review

    Dolemite Is My Name — Film Review

    Originally published by Dante Orange on November 6, 2019. What could I possibly say about a film like Dolemite Is My Name? For starters, it is in my opinion, the best feature Netflix has produced this year. In spite of unanimous critical acclaim, some moviegoers have had a mixed response to the picture as they were expecting…