film review

The Parent Trap

Classic Film Through A Feminist Lens: THE PARENT TRAP

Kimberly Pierce

The Parent Trap stands as an interesting installment in Disney’s string of successful films in the early 1960s.

Emile Hirsch and Kate Bosworth languish in The Immaculate Room

Movie Review: THE IMMACULATE ROOM

Kimberly Pierce

Questioning our limits as humans outside the influence of consumer-driven society has proven infinitely interesting, especially over the last half-century. ...

Idris Elba takes careful aim of a rifle in Beast.

Movie Review: BEAST

Kimberly Pierce

Animal horror is a rare breed of horror movie. Unlike many subgenres, these creature features are completely rooted in reality. ...

Rita holds a phone up to a mirror while sipping in champagne in Mack & Rita.

Movie Review: MACK & RITA

Kimberly Pierce

This review was originally published on 8/12/22.  Sometimes, a movie comes out of nowhere and surprises the heck out of ...

Amanda Stenberg and Maria Bakalova relax together in Bodies Bodies Bodies

Movie Review: BODIES BODIES BODIES

Kimberly Pierce

Slasher horror can feel a bit “a dime a dozen” anymore. The formula has been commonplace since the late 1970s, ...

Brad Pitt tries to avoid detection in Bullet Train.

Movie Review: BULLET TRAIN

Kimberly Pierce

Summer isn’t summer without a good old-fashioned popcorn movie. Thinking about it, this season has felt a bit lacking in ...

Greta Thunberg appears in I Am Greta

Denver Film Festival: I AM GRETA

Kimberly Pierce

This review was originally published 11/3/20 The best documentaries are multi-dimensional. These works manage to not only paint a picture ...

Rachel Brosnahan stars in I’m Your Woman

AFI Fest: I’M YOUR WOMAN

Kimberly Pierce

History passes. Times change and perspective keep culture and society as we know it, advancing onward. This fact makes the ...

Janelle Monáe stars in Antebellum

Movie Review: ANTEBELLUM

Kimberly Pierce

Summer has come and gone. The leaves on the trees are just starting to change. Halloween is almost here. So, ...

Disney's Mulan 2020, Yifei Liu

Movie Review: MULAN

Kimberly Pierce

The subject of the Disney live-action remakes has always, and will continue to be, an inherently tricky topic. So many ...

Elizabeth Debicki in the burnt orange heresy

Movie Review: THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY

Kimberly Pierce

Art + pastoral European scenery = the stuff independent cinematic dreams are made of. With movie theaters trickling open, US ...

You Should Have Left

Movie Review: YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT

Kimberly Pierce

In recent years, the horror genre made leaps and bounds in our contemporary cinematic climate. New, diverse and original movies ...

Emma.

Movie Review: EMMA.

Kimberly Pierce

The works of Jane Austen are go-to’s for Hollywood, and film industries the world over. Between the feature and television ...

Movie Review- STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

Kimberly Pierce

It all ends here. At least for now. When Disney first took over the Star Wars franchise, they made clear ...

Knives Out

Movie Review: KNIVES OUT

Kimberly Pierce

There’s a lengthy history of the “Who Done It”, not only in Hollywood cinema, but in literature. It is a ...