Spirit Untamed is a Dreamworks animated film written by Aury Wallington and directed by Elaine Bogan. It follows a young, headstrong girl, Lucky Prescott (Isabela Merced), who encounters an equally wild, stubborn horse Lucky named Spirit. The film feels a bit flat visually, musically, and dialogue-wise. However, children may come to love this movie, and […]
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Cruella, directed by Craig Gillespie, is a delight in the most awful, breathtaking way. The film is an origin story of Cruella de Vil, the villain in Disney’s 101 Dalmations. The acting is hilarious and full of wit. It goes toe to toe with the striking fashions, and the music compliments every visual delight. Emma
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New Order, directed by Michael Franco, is about a wealthy, elite family in Mexico City celebrating a wedding as protesting and violence occur outside. The film has beautiful, striking direction in a lot of scenes where the artistic and horrific merge. Initially, the film appears to be an Animal Farm-esque story about the oppressed becoming
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Those Who Wish Me Dead is an action film by Taylor Sheridan and stars a cast of beloved actors. At the heart of the story is Hannah (Angelina Jolie), a smoke jumper relegated to a watchtower in Montana due to failing a mental health checkup. When Hannah encounters a young boy, Connor (Finn Little), in
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Spiral: From The Book Of Saw, written by Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger and directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, continues the Saw franchise. Spiral follows a particularly troubling copycat who targets cops. Given real life police brutality, it’s no wonder Spiral would venture in this direction. After all, the blue wall of silence shields officers
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Djinn is a horror movie written and directed by Justin Powell and David Charbonier and stars Ezra Dewey as Dylan Jacobs, a mute boy who has to face off with a djinn after doing a ritual to grant him a wish. While Djinn is not one of a kind—neither djinns nor wishes gone awry are
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While coming of age stories are well-trod territory, there is always room for more. Especially when the story is a unique blend of animation styles, combined with hilarious characters. The Mitchells Vs. The Machines is a story that will appeal to children and adults. It’s funny, quirky, and an all around joyride—the kind that won’t
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Who We Are is essential viewing and should be required for education to look past mere intelligence and search to merge humanity with education.
Subjects of Desire breaks down the struggle of Black women navigating a world that condems their looks while also celebrating their beauty.
WeWork: or The Making And Breaking Of A $47 Billion Unicorn, written and directed by Jed Rothstein, looks at the rise and fall of the WeWork business. They dealt in real estate—but to be clear they, or rather the founder Adam Neumann—adamantly refutes this label. But they were still about renting spaces that focused more