REVIEW: SDA masters students offer new take on Shakespeare
The entire cast does an impressive job, especially considering they’re all performing three separate plays a week as part of their thesis project.
REVIEW: I can feel ‘Your Love,’ Glass Animals
Glass Animals, with this fresh, personal track, deliver a new mood alongside their classic atmospheric musical production.
REVIEW: ‘Birds of Prey’ offers colorful, feminist, diverse superhero tale
Quinn’s character is interwoven with a need to express her chaotic personality through colors and sparkles.
It’s Cassie’s society and we’re all just living in it
The film is an ambitious undertaking, and she occasionally struggles with tonal consistency: Sometimes you’re not sure whether you’re watching a romantic comedy or a violent revenge story.
‘Dolittle’ is a lousy, wretched waste of money
This movie is a mind-numbing, soul-crushing, spirit-breaking endeavor that will sap you of your will to live and squash your faith in humanity. Watching it is the equivalent of bashing your skull into a wall for an hour and 41 minutes — both will obliterate the same number of brain cells.
Netflix crime series explores self-suppression in sports
Netflix’s latest true-crime documentary, “Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez,” adds a deeper layer of analysis to one of football’s most complex figures, including his 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd, as well as other criminal activity the player was linked to. It is the most comprehensive view of Hernandez relating his alleged queerness, family structure and the cult of football to his story.
The Force was not with the latest ‘Star Wars’ installment
In 2015, after buying the franchise from George Lucas, Disney began to produce its own series of “Star Wars” film, picking up where the original saga left off. The initial two entries — J.J. Abrams’ “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Rogue One: A Star War Story” directed by Gareth Edwards — were both fairly well-received by the fanbase and made a large profit.
Gomez’s album ‘Rare’ is disappointingly generic
“Rare” is not a diamond in the rough but rather a mass-manufactured cubic zirconia in a polished display case.
REVIEW: Gerwig’s modern “Little Women” explores childhood nostalgia
FYI: It’s impossible to watch “Little Women” without getting at least a tad misty-eyed.
REVIEW: Tom Hanks’ biopic honors Mister Rogers, evades pitfalls
Marielle Heller’s drama biopic “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” takes an in-depth look at the real-life hero Mr. Fred Rogers’ powerful influence on humanity, faithfully honoring him yet never feeling like a puff piece.