Posts Tagged ‘Regina Hall’
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…
READ MOREFilm Review – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022) is a biting satire revolving around the culture of southern Baptist mega churches. On a wider scale, it examines the toxicity of power. The characters claim to be messengers of God but are the complete opposite. They are obsessed…
READ MORESXSW Review – Master
As a Caucasian woman of European descent, I cannot bring my own experiences into this review. Any insight into the topic of racism is one that I can only talk about as an observer and someone who is firmly against it. I would encourage any…
READ MOREFilm Review – Little
Ebenezer Scrooge may have started out as a money hungry monster, but Jordan Sanders (Regina Hall) – the protagonist of Little (2019) – is a whole other beast. She may be the wealthy CEO of a startup company, but she runs it with the iron…
READ MORETop 15 Films of 2018 – Allen’s Picks
The beauty of cinema is how it works as a reflection of our society – our hopes, our fears, and our desires. Films are a timestamp of who were, who we are, and what we could possibly be. A thousand years from now, people can…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Hate U Give
Charlottesville, Trayvon Martin, Ferguson, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Freddie Grey; the headlines are filled with it. And those are just some of the most famous names. There is a staggeringly sad litany of incidents of unarmed black people being killed by police. Let’s face it,…
READ MOREFilm Review – Support the Girls
Let’s cut to the chase. Go see Support the Girls. See it in the theater if you can, but rent or buy when available. It’s directed by Andrew Bujalski, who I had never heard of before now (That’s on me, not him.). Throw some money…
READ MORESIFF Film Review – People Places Things
People Places Things wants to be its own version of American Splendor or Ghost World, taking art and lonesomeness to express something about the human condition, but director and screenwriter James C. Strouse falls sadly short of his aspirations. Will (Jemaine Clement) is our prototypical…
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