Posts Tagged ‘Dakota Johnson’
Film Review – Splitsville
If there is one thing that Splitsville (2025) gets right, it’s that relationships are often messy. Sure, the initial courtship phase is fun and exciting and new, but once that is over the real work begins. Differing life goals, financial hardships, diminishing intimacy, jealousy, resentment, etc. There…
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Film Review – Materialists
Writer/director Celine Song’s follow up to her critical hit Past Lives (2023) once again explores the intricacies of love – the heartache, regret, nostalgia, missed opportunities and endless possibilities that come along with it. With Materialists (2025), Song aims to deconstruct the tropes of the romantic comedy. Starting with a…
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Film Review – Daddio
Why are cab rides such good stages for character studies? It seems every few years we get a release involving two characters deep in conversation while coasting along a stretch of road. Is it the intimacy – the confined spaces that lend to people opening…
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Top 15 Films of 2022 – Allen’s Picks
2022 proved to be a transition year for the movies. As Covid restrictions lifted and audiences returned to theaters, studios faced the challenge of deciding what films get wide releases while reserving others for streaming platforms. The result was confusion – should a person make…
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Film Review – Persuasion
As an adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, Persuasion (2022) tries to play opposite sides of the same coin. On one hand, it’s a classic tale of romance, regret, and reconciliation. On the other, it has a modern sensibility akin to other Austen-influenced endeavors such as Clueless (1995) or Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001).…
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Film Review – Cha Cha Real Smooth
Here’s a piece of advice: One’s life does not need to be set in stone by age 22. Where some people know exactly where their paths will take them once they step out of college, others spend their youth trying to figure out what they…
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Film Review – The Lost Daughter
All Leda wants to do is go on vacation. She booked a beachfront resort in Greece so that she can take a few days for herself, read, swim, and do a little writing. However, we realize that peace is something Leda will not get here.…
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Film Review – Suspiria (2018)
When news the remake of Suspiria was actually going to happen for reals this time, much gnashing of teeth and wailing could be heard throughout the land. (Okay, that’s an exaggeration. But nobody I knew thought it was a good idea.) Firstly, everybody needs to…
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