Movies/TV Reviews

Midsommar follows a couple that travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

Minor grievances aside, Yesterday is a thoroughly enjoyable film that will delight Beatles fans with a number of winks and nods throughout.

Annabelle Comes Home is another successful entry in the franchise and probably one of the best in the Conjuring universe overall.

At its core, Toy Story 4 is a tale about family, loyalty, devotion, depression, isolation, neglect, abandonment, inspiration, salvation, introspection, and perseverance. All that and it finds time to make you laugh and cry as well.

Men In Black: International injects some new energy into this franchise while keeping the same charm and humor from its predecessors.

Very few films reach cult classic status. It takes a special blend of script, acting and direction to make such a phenomenon occur. The Dead Don't Die seems like a film that's primed and ready to become a cult classic, but something is missing.

With the recent push for diversity in Hollywood, we've seen more and more films representing people of color and varying genders. Some of those films have gone under the radar, such as last year's Blindspotting. The Last Black Man in San Francisco offers similar thematics to Blindspotting, while widening the diversity options even further.

5B is a documentary about the early days of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco. It covers a period from 1983 to 2003, when ward 5B in the San Francisco General Hospital was one of the first medical facilities dedicated to AIDS. The film features interviews with various hospital staff, AIDS survivors, and relatives of people who contracted the disease.

Dark Phoenix is nowhere near the quality of First Class and Days of Future Past, but it’s not terrible. It’s just feels dated and lacks any kind of personality for these characters.

If you are looking for a straightforward story about Elton John's life, you won't find it here. What you will find with Rocketman is a therapy session that you can dance to.