Space age angstiness underrates real evil
Chaos Walking is a well made sci-fi young adult yarn with an intriguing premise and strong performances which regrettably cannot reach escape velocity from the downward pull of its insipid script.
Author: David
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A cookie cut out of the Cold War
The Courier offers a serviceable if rather underpowered espionage drama whose main attraction is the reliable, variation-on-a-theme performance of its headlining star.
A most successful failure
Francesco offers a jolting, discomfiting, yet illuminating foray into the life of the beloved saint of Assisi.
A fascinating insight into insane rationality
Murder Among the Mormons is a gripping, pacey true crime whodunnit that plunges viewers into the grey market world of religious document dealing and the eerily fascinating psychology of a criminal mind.
A melancholic look at the American dream
Subdued, modest in ambition, and quietly tragic, Minari is a quiet domestic drama where not a lot happens beyond work, church, and alternatingly tense and tender moments at home.
A pretty perfect tiny thing
Sweet, upbeat, and continually entertaining, this riff on the “same day repeating” genre is a teenage rom com at its best.
Our Friend: just what we need right now
One of those films where someone gets cancer and slowly dies, it sounds like just the sort of thing most of us don’t need right now. Surprisingly, though, it might be just the thing.
Christ is on the waterfront
A classic story about the moral awakening of a dock worker and reluctant hoodlum, the film reflects its time as well as a humanity that transcends it.
Soul: spotty theology, but a hopeful view of life after death
Strange, endearing, and visually beautiful, the film offers a fanciful, light-hearted foray into what often can be frightening metaphysical territory.
Sylvie’s Love is ultimately a self-centred one
Sylvie’s Love makes all the gestures of a classic romance, but turns out to offer a vision of woman’s liberation which is too secular and individualistic to really satisfy.