★★ – HOTCHKA

Penguin Highway expertly hits the Japanese coming of age magical realism tale

‘Penguin Highway’ is an anime film that gets weird in all the right sort of ways… continue reading

The new ‘Hellboy’ reboot isn’t as good as the original, but the hate on it seems misguided… continue reading

‘Master Z: Ip Man Legacy’ may not have Donnie Yen, but it does nearly match with other luminaries… continue reading

Several disparate elements never quite come together… continue reading

‘Storm Boy’ has a truly epic emotional stretch despite losing itself in the end… continue reading

‘Diane’ plods in darkness to hide the subtle acting depth within… continue reading

This remake offers a disturbing story and really messed up ending… continue reading

‘The Highwaymen’ at times is slow but is held together by the great direction from John Lee Hancock… continue reading

‘Sobibor’ attempts to tread the line between illustrating history and exploiting it… continue reading

‘A Vigilante’ is emotional look at what woman go through in abusive relationships… continue reading

The film focuses on human characters rather than the title character… continue reading

‘The Dirt’ was a decent biopic and it was a smart choice to premiere it on Netflix… continue reading

Once we get past the awkwardness of the two meeting and hating each other for no reason, the film becomes a sweet love tale… continue reading

‘Triple Frontier’ stars Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund & Pedro Pascal… continue reading

An uneven end to a great franchise… continue reading