Movie Review: The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) - An hilarious, spirited Netflix animation flick
The Mitchells vs. The Machines will surprise you all the way to its final, heart-warming moments.
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Matthew Koss
- Apr 28, 2021
- 3 min
Movie Review: Stowaway (2021) - A superb cast makes the unbelievable real.
While it's easy to point holes in the film's logic, the actors here make the almost two-hour film engaging and believable.
Matthew Koss
- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
Movie Review: Mortal Kombat (2021) - Fire and ice and an insane amount of blood, Oh My!
this is Mortal Kombat, and for infrequent gamers like myself, I was pleasantly surprised at how the sequences are captured.
Matthew Koss
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
Movie Review: Spontaneous (2020) - Just because it has never happened, doesn't mean it won't.
The film's message is clear: live each day like it's your last, and adulthood is a fucking nightmare waiting to happen.
Matthew Koss
- Apr 20, 2021
- 3 min
Movie Review: Thunder Force (2021) - Sit back, grab a beer, and release the shenanigans.
Thunder Force's strength is the friendship between these two women, and the film might've focussed more on their reunion.
Matthew Koss
- Apr 6, 2021
- 4 min
Movie Review: Concrete Cowboy (2020) - A richly detailed look at a real-life community.
McLaughlin convincingly, and often heartbreakingly, conveys this young man's struggle to find his place and walk a new path.
Matthew Koss
- Mar 31, 2021
- 4 min
Movie Review: Boss Level (2021) - An action-packed flick starring the reliably charming Frank Grillo
Boss Level, adding another ring to Joe Carnahan's masculine fueled directing hand, is a surprising and fun action-filled film.
Matthew Koss
- Mar 29, 2021
- 3 min
Movie Review: Tina (2021) - HBO's latest doc showcases a remarkable talent and her dazzling career
This is a recollection of events in Tina's life, and her performances are the main course.
Matthew Koss
- Mar 24, 2021
- 3 min
Movie Review: La Llorona (2019) - This award-winning horror film finds scares in unveiling details
A scene may take a few minutes to unfold, but what is unveiled is genuinely absorbing, surprising, and unsettling.
Matthew Koss
- Mar 22, 2021
- 4 min
Movie Review: Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) - Affecting, fiery, and all too relevant.
There is no diminishing the voices of an oppressed group of people trying to bring safety and security to their communities.
Matthew Koss
- Mar 19, 2021
- 4 min
Movie Review: Zack Snyder's Justice League - Consider me converted into a DC fan. This film rocks!
From the moment it started, I was captivated, exhilarated, and four hours later, I was a fan.
Matthew Koss
- Mar 18, 2021
- 4 min
Movie Review: Promising Young Woman (2020) - Justice is served in Emerald Fennell's debut feature.
That Promising Young Woman chooses to reserve the violence is an unexpected choice that helps to layer our central character and her trauma.
Matthew Koss
- Mar 15, 2021
- 4 min
Movie Review: Cherry (2021) - A formulaic screenplay languishes under an over-stylized direction.
The directors favor stylizing each scene creatively at the expense of this man's story. It's a decision that adversely impacts the film.
Matthew Koss
- Mar 12, 2021
- 4 min
Movie Review: Ammonite (2020) - A sensual film elevated by Kate Winslet's masterful performance.
Kate Winslet is nothing short of extraordinary as the renowned scientist Mary Anning, who registers a thousand words from a single look.
Matthew Koss
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
Movie Review: All My Life (2020) - The light of life shines brightly before it dims.
All My Life was a welcome distraction with a central romance that will send you swooning before you empty a tissue box.
Matthew Koss
- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
Movie Review: Soul (2020) - Pixar's latest dips before reviving into a life-affirming message.
It may take a while to get there, but Soul captures the magic of Pixar.
Matthew Koss
- Mar 5, 2021
- 3 min
Movie Review: Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry - The captivating rise of a young musician
This is the birth of a superstar played out like Boyhood, and Billie grows before our eyes, taking currency in her image.
Matthew Koss
- Mar 1, 2021
- 4 min
Movie Review: The United States vs. Billie Holiday - Andra Day's remarkable turn in a flawed biopic
Falling into familiar musical biopic tropes, Daniels' The United States vs. Billie Holiday is overlong, unfocused, yet graciously absorbing.
Matthew Koss
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
Movie Review: I Care A Lot (2020) - Devilish, vile, and exciting. Rosamund Pike is brilliant.
Rosamund Pike is deliciously cast as the evil Marla Grayson, who not just gets her comeuppance but fights until the very last moments.
Matthew Koss
- Feb 22, 2021
- 4 min
Movie Review: Nomadland (2020) - Living each wild moment is rarely observed so potently. A Classic.
It's a remarkable film about loss and the circular motion of grief. There's a sense that this woman is lost but extremely capable