Movie Reviews

“Raya and the Last Dragon” Movie Review by Brooke Daugherty
“Raya and the Last Dragon” Movie Review by Brooke Daugherty

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March 18, 2021 6:49 pm |

Raya and the Last Dragon isn’t Disney’s first animated film featuring an Asian princess, but it is the first in over 20 years. Mulan premiered in 1998 with the titular character and Aladdin in 1992 with Princess Jasmine, but other than that, no other animated Disney movie has centered around Asian characters. Mulan had more...

“Pixie” Movie Review by Josh Davis
“Pixie” Movie Review by Josh Davis

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March 18, 2021 5:21 pm |

“Pixie” is your basic girl-meets-boy, then meets another boy, then double crosses both boys during a drug deal involving gangster priests, story. And that’s just the first five minutes.   The film opens with Pixie Hardy (Olivia Cooke, “Ready Player One,” “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”) standing over the grave of her mother....

“Moxie!” Netflix Movie Review by Brooke Daugherty
“Moxie!” Netflix Movie Review by Brooke Daugherty

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March 15, 2021 11:40 am |

MOXIE! isn’t just some teen comedy/drama, it’s a film about the world we live in. When new girl Lucy challenges the status quo at Rockport High School, shy Vivian creates a revolution calling out sexism with a paper zine in a digital world. Vivian’s realization of the world around her was inspired by Lucy, but...

“Judas and the Black Messiah” Movie Review by Josh Davis
“Judas and the Black Messiah” Movie Review by Josh Davis

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March 8, 2021 12:52 pm |

“Judas and the Black Messiah” is an important new film from writer/director Shaka King – important because it’s a fine bit of filmmaking, and also because it will surely introduce more people to the story of Fred Hampton. Hampton, like far too many people of color in the United States, was taken too early, at...

“Nomadland” Movie Review by Josh Davis
“Nomadland” Movie Review by Josh Davis

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March 3, 2021 11:01 am |

“Nomadland” is a gorgeous, wandering, strange and beautiful movie by writer/director Chloé Zhao (“The Rider,” the upcoming “Eternals”). It stars Frances McDormand (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “Fargo”) as Fern, an older woman who adopts a transient lifestyle after a series of hardships altered the course of her life.  Years ago, her husband died, and...