Reviews

Film: Rent-A-Pal Starring: Wil Wheaton, Brian Landis Folkins, Amy Rutledge Director: Jon Stevenson Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Rent-A-Pal is a thriller about depression, a subject you don’t frequently observe tended to in…

Film: The Way I See It Starring: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Samantha Power, Pete Souza Director: Dawn Porter Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – There’s no preventing the effect from getting Dawn Porter’s narrative about…

Film: The Wrestler: A Q.T. Marshall Story Starring: Q. T. Marshall Director: Frank Zarrillo Rating: **** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Word Wrestling Entertainment has perceived quite for a while to keep the cameras moving…

Film: Nomadland Starring: Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Linda May Director: Chloé Zhao Rating: ****1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Chloe Zhao’s film Nomadland depends on Jessica Bruder’s book of similar name about the unstable existences…

Film: I am Woman Starring: Evan Peters, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Danielle Macdonald Director: Unjoo Moon Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – In I am Woman, filmmaker Unjoo Moon, and screenwriter Emma Jensen tell the story…

Film: Surge Starring: Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Chris Coghill Director: Aneil Karia Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Director Aneil Karia’s Ben Whishaw starrer Surge, is an account of man who is filling in…

Film: Unpregnant Starring: Haley Lu Richardson, Barbie Ferreira, Giancarlo Esposito Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Unpregnant mixes the by and large elevating transitioning genre with headier social issues, and…

Film: Feels Good Man Starring: Robert Barnes, Samantha Bee, Jeremy Blackburn Director: Arthur Jones Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Filmed by Arthur Jones, the doc Feels Good, Man accounts the long excursion that…

Film: The Babysitter: Killer Queen Starring: Judah Lewis, Jenna Ortega, Emily Alyn Lind, Andrew Bachelor, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Hana Mae Lee, Ken Marino, Leslie Bibb, Chris Wylde, Carl McDowell Director: McG Rating: ** Reviewer:…

Film: Young Wallander Starring: Adam Pålsson, Richard Dillane, Leanne Best, Ellise Chappell Creator: Ben Harris Rating: ** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Netflix has made another six episode show named Young Wallander which follows the…

Film: Cuties (Mignonnes) Starring: Fathia Youssouf, Médina El Aidi-Azouni, Esther Gohourou Director: Maïmouna Doucouré Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – As a first time filmmaker and writer Maïmouna Doucouré, Cuties is a contemporary view…

Film: Critical Thinking Starring: John Leguizamo, Rachel Bay Jones, Michael Kenneth Williams  Director: John Leguizamo Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Director John Leguizamo makes his big screen debut at the helm with “Critical…

Film: Cargo (Netflix) Starring: Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi, Nandu Madhav, Konkona Sen Sharma, Biswapati Sarkar, Ritwik Bhaumik, Prabal Panjabi, Hansal Mehta Director: Arati Kadav Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Science fiction is tied…

Film: Hoops Starring: Jake Johnson, Ron Funches, Cleo King, Natasha Leggero, A.D. Miles, Rob Riggle, Steve Berg, Eric Edelstein, Ben Hoffman, Mary Holland, Gil Ozeri, Sam Richardson, Nick Swardson Creator: Ben Hoffman Rating: ** Reviewer:…

Film: The Argument Starring: Dan Fogler, Emma Bell, Maggie Q  Director: Robert Schwartzman Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – The Argument is a tale around six individuals who appear to be unequipped for gaining…

Film: Lovecraft Country Season One Starring: Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Courtney B. Vance Creator: Misha Green Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Lovecraft Country, based on Matt Ruff’s novel is most recent series following…

Film: Mulan Starring: Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Li Gong Director: Niki Caro Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – The character of Hua Mulan has for some time been portrayed in verse, books, and movie…