Grown-ups rule and kids drool. This is the conclusion I've come to after four months of one of the worst summer movie seasons in years. Movies made for young, out-of-school, spectacle-loving audiences are a highlight of my year but not when the formula has become this stale. A tub of popcorn shouldn't be the best thing about the movie you see, but here we are. As of press … [Read more...] about Summer Movie Roundup 2019: Farewell to the worst summer movie season in years
Ari Aster
‘Midsommar’ Movie Review: Why this film critic is postponing his Swedish vacation
Ari Aster’s Midsommar is the first movie I’ve seen all year that feels like it was made by a real filmmaker, an artist who has carefully designed each shot, collaborated in full with every cast member, and has a true vision he reaches with every scene. It’s that good. While the promotional materials are pushing this as a horror film “from the Director of Hereditary,” the result … [Read more...] about ‘Midsommar’ Movie Review: Why this film critic is postponing his Swedish vacation
HEREDITARY New Movie Review
'Hereditary' Inherits Too Much Stick with the Maui Film Festival if you want something fresh Toni Collette stars as Annie, an artist and mother who is introduced attending her mother’s funeral. Annie has an outgoing, teenaged stoner son (played by a very good Alex Wolff), a younger, introverted, socially awkward daughter (played by a mesmerizing Milly Shapiro) and a stoic, … [Read more...] about HEREDITARY New Movie Review