Posts Tagged ‘Honey Boy’
Film Review – The Tax Collector
The Tax Collector (2020) is a reprehensible film. It is vile, ugly, and populated by racial stereotypes. The characters offer little depth, standing around with their macho-posturing trying to be the baddest dude in the room. The story depicts a section of the L.A. Latinx…
READ MORETop 15 Films of 2019 – Allen’s Picks
2019 was such an excellent year in film that I seriously debated pushing this list out to 25, maybe even 30 entries. There was such an abundance of quality work that whittling it down to a small grouping is about the equivalent of a parent…
READ MOREFilm Review – Honey Boy (Second Take)
Honey Boy is a semi-autobiographical film written by Shia LaBeouf and directed by Alma Har’el. While the characters’ names are different, it is easily identified as based on Shia LaBeouf’s childhood to becoming a star as a young man and the trouble that created.
READ MOREFilm Review – Honey Boy
The perils of child stardom is the subject of any number of tabloid magazines and clickbait listicles. Morbid curiosity seekers can’t help but be fascinated when they learn their former favorite Disney icon gets a DUI or has to take a job at The Gap…
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