Feb 22, 2021
The Prom, based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, features a slam dunk cast with Midas Touch himself, Ryan Murphy, at the helm. The film scored 2 Golden Globe nominations and a fair bit of recognition. Yet The Prom also received middling scores from critics, a wide array of controversy, and a fair amount of...
Feb 15, 2021
Music, Sia’s directorial debut which launched this weekend, popped onto most radars after a widely publicized insensitive casting choice and/or a shocking 2 Golden Globe nominations. So, naturally, I was curious to see what the HFPA saw in the film that audiences and critics, almost unanimously, did not. What I found...
Feb 8, 2021
Kicking off our big Oscar season, Hillbilly Elegy is one of the more alarming entries to be both critically divisive and yet deserving of nominations. So, who has it right? The critics? Or the voters? This week, we aim to analyze the implications of a problematic story, the reasons why Terminators cannot be neutral, and...
Feb 1, 2021
The only movie in the Studio Ghibli canon to claim rights to a rotten score on rottentomatoes.com, Tales From Earthsea is a fantasy epic with a cult following. So, we’re the critics right? This week was a fascinating analysis of one of the greatest studios in animated film history, as well as an in depth look at how a...