Reviewed by Mark Tapio Kines

Writer/director Anderson once again turns to Los Angeles of the 1970s for his latest concoction, although Licorice Pizza, a quirky romance set in 1973, is far...

The Matrix blew everyone away when it was released in 1999. Its makers, then billed as the Wachowski Brothers, had only one previous feature under their belt...

Matt Damon plays against type as a laconic Oklahoma roughneck named Bill Baker, whose daughter Allison (Abigail Breslin, proving herself very capable of holding...

It’s hard to review this documentary without simply synopsizing it, for it is a straightforward if well-told account of the Salvator Mundi, a portrait of...

I try not to use the term “visionary” to describe most filmmakers, especially nowadays. Not only because filmmaking is such a collaborative...

The first act of I Care a Lot should terrify any senior citizen or their children. I Care a Lot Directed by J Blakeson – 2021 Reviewed by Mark Tapio Kines...

In the weeks leading up to the release of Joker, an origin story for the Batman villain, there was a wave of spontaneous handwringing amongst the media and the...

With its story set “in the near future”, meaning at least 60-70 years from now, Ad Astra’s protagonist is an astronaut named Roy McBride (Brad...

Moviegoers are clearly starving for a good old fashioned indie film in 2019, which may explain why writer/director Lulu Wang’s second feature The Farewell...

I was one of the few people left unmoved by Ari Aster’s debut horror feature Hereditary. I found it more overwrought than truly chilling. Still, I felt...

Nine years after the emotionally cathartic Toy Story 3, a perfectly fitting conclusion to Pixar’s signature franchise, my first thought about Toy Story 4...

Himesh Patel plays Jack Malik, a struggling British singer-songwriter who’s just given up on his career aspirations when he is struck by a bus one night...

It’s hard not to see Booksmart as a distaff variation on 2007’s Superbad, since it’s about two nerdy high schoolers hell-bent on having one...

Armed with an irresistible title, some striking visuals, and fresh takes on gentrification, black identity, and the titular city, The Last Black Man in San...

Dexter Fletcher was the guy who was called in to finish Bohemian Rhapsody after the credited director Bryan Singer was fired. If anyone was wondering just how...

In 1987, Zhang Yimou debuted with the drama Red Sorghum, and instantly became China’s preeminent – and often persecuted – auteur. Shadow Directed...