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‘Elvis’: Long live the king
If you’re going to do a biopic about Elvis Presley, you either go big or go home. Fortunately, they handed the keys to Baz Luhrmann

‘This Is Not a War Story’ gives veterans a voice
Veterans returning home carrying the mental and emotional scars of war has been explored in film many times throughout the

‘Kringle Time’ is a painful take on kiddie tv
Few places are as dark and sinister as children’s television. Ok, so maybe that seems a bit extreme, but talk

‘Shang-Chi’ takes Marvel fist-first into the future
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is entering uncharted territory. After Marvel Studios’ decade of dominance got tied up with a nice

‘Caged’ a nightmarish look at solitary confinement
The insidiousness of solitary confinement is in its simplicity. You provide a person with food, water, shelter and physical safety

‘The Suicide Squad’ is mindless, gleeful fun
With superhero movies, the rule of thumb seems to be: if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. The

Damon shines as Okie dad in ‘Stillwater’
As a graduate of Oklahoma State University, I spent several formative years living in Stillwater, Oklahoma. To find out there

‘Jungle Cruise’ gets lost upriver
When we took the family to Disneyland for the first time a few years back, the very first ride we

‘Old’ is a dark day at the beach
“Getting old is not for sissies.” – Bette Davis M. Night Shyamalan movies always have a great concept. It’s in

‘Joe Bell’ comes up a few steps short
“Joe Bell” feels like an incomplete work of art. It’s like one of those paintings where the artist has beautifully

’12 Mighty Orphans’ gets by on pluck and charm
It’s almost impossible to make a sports movie that is cliché free. A training montage or a wacky play that

‘Steps’ finds redemption for feel-good movies
There is a misconception out there that if a drama is going to have any significant impact, it has to

‘Black Widow’ gets Marvel into the spy game
It took “Black Widow” a long time to finally make it to the big screen, but it is has been