“I hope that people become investigators of their own history, and do not take everything at face value.”
– CHEVALIER screenwriter Stefani Robinson
Chevalier is an emotional, music-filled 18th-century roller-coaster ride, and while watching it, my heart overflowed with pleasure from first frame to last.
Air is phenomenally entertaining.
Spinning Gold is a disaster.
A Good Person adds schmaltz where it does not belong, and instead of observational distance that could further humanize the events Allison and the others are confronting, Braff forces ghastly treacle down the viewer’s throat.
Inside is a perplexing descent into the unknown, and whether or not this madness is art (or the art is madness) is purely in the eye of the beholder.
Even if it isn’t a knockout Creed III still packs a pretty wicked punch.
The Park is an unexpected gem.
On its 30th anniversary, Joe Dante’s timeless Matinee remains one of the best movies about movies ever made.