Feb 24 Love1 Review: Logan Delivers Brutal, Beautiful Sendoff By Nguyen Le Reviews After Days of Future Past and the personification of doom that was Apocalypse, one might be excused for wondering whether…Read More
Feb 21 Love2 Review: John Wick: Chapter 2 is a Satisfyingly Symphonic Sequel By Valerie Kalfrin Movie Reviews Keanu Reeves returns as the titular protagonist, a retired hit man who just wants to grieve in peace. Everything except…Read More
Feb 16 Love2 Review: The Red Turtle Says More With Less By Nguyen Le Movie Reviews Simplicity can be a complex thing. Take the old folktale of Trang Quynh, for example - a recipient of the…Read More
Feb 07 Love1 Review: A Cure For Wellness – Gallons of Style and a Hint of Trouble By Nguyen Le Movie Reviews The ailing ones shall stay at the spa. For good. It’s this kind of message that rattles those that Lockhart…Read More
Feb 02 Love1 Review: Hidden Figures Shines New Light on History By Thomas Jenkins Movie Reviews I think it's safe to assume that the premise of “Hidden Figures” is well known, especially since it has been…Read More
Jan 20 Love1 Review: xXx 3 is Still Kickin’, Still Stuntin’, Just With Dopeness Running Scarce By Nguyen Le Movie Reviews All rise: That distinctive (and burning) chunk of flesh was not Xander Cage. Owing in part to Vin Diesel’s busy schedule,…Read More
Jan 12 Love0 Review: Silence is Golden By Nguyen Le Reviews In retrospect, the film gods’ late deliverance of Martin Scorsese’s passion project might have been the resulting film’s ultimate blessing.…Read More
Jan 03 Love0 Review: Fences is a Triumph of Screenplay Fidelity By Caroline Cao Reviews Fences is a melody teetering on the edge of becoming off-beat until you become swept up—enchanted—in its turbulent dissonance. After squatting in decades-long…Read More
Jan 01 Love3 Classic Review: The French Connection Shows The Beginnings of Tough Realities By Noemi Florea Classic Reviews The French Connection-- a six-minute car chase scene, anchored by the cross-cutting of a pursuer and his prey as reason…Read More
Dec 24 Love0 Alternate Take: Passengers Gets Lost in the Void By Nguyen Le Reviews “Passengers” has fail-safe written all over it: two of cinema’s “it” people in the leads, with an Oscar-nominated director guiding…Read More