In the roller derby documentary “Minnesota Mean” from filmmaker Dawn Mikkelson, one of the women tells the camera that she always has loved sports, but she felt […]
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Appeal of ‘Big Boys’ squares largely on its star, humor
For a long time, movies about the queer experience existed solely to discuss the pain associated with not being accepted, or the actual abuse that can occur. […]
‘Big Boys’ director talks about creating movies that they wanted to see while growing up
One of the benefits of being a creator is the ability to make something you wish you had been able to experience in your youth. That is […]
Glenn Powell kills it in ‘Hit Man’
Theater kids are often some of the most maligned kids in high schools. A little odd, a little dramatic, a little over-the-top. So when we watch movies […]
Feel free to be a no-show to wedding comedy ‘Mother of the Bride
When my kids were younger, we would regularly watch the Nickelodeon show, “iCarly.” It was a relatively silly show about three friends who ran their own web […]
‘Musica’ takes a different tune with rom-com format
I love it when a movie surprises me, particularly when it’s in a genre with a fairly predictable style. Messing with the formula is often necessary to […]
‘Scoop’ doesn’t dig into the characters enough to score
The story of who did what when they were with Jeffrey Epstein is something that was always going to be murky. And any possibility of the full […]
‘The Greatest Hits’ doesn’t quite sing
In my not-writing life, I work in music. I studied music in college, I teach private lessons and I play out when I can. But even those […]
‘Steve! (martin)’ a two-part doc about one-of-a-kind talent
My introduction to Steve Martin was probably through “The Muppet Movie,” but I fell in love with him through a copy of “The Three Amigos” that my […]
Netflix fails to capture the weight of Shirley Chisholm’s story in new biopic ‘Shirley’
In 1968, Shirley Chisholm was elected as the first black woman to the United States House of Representatives. She spent her early years as a teacher, then […]