Pig Review

On the surface, this is a film that could easily have been silly. The idea of a film about a man trying to find his truffle pig could have turned out pretty bad, but Michael Sarnoski turns this into a moving, deeply personal film that was a brilliant surprise. The film follows Robin Fell, a…

Respect Review

So there have been a lot of music biopics that have come out over the past few years and they tend to be fairly hit or miss. For every great film like Rocketman or I’m Not There, you get generic fare like Bohemian Rhapsody or outright stinkers like Stardust. The hope of there being another…

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Review

This is an instance where, for one of the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I had no knowledge of the main character prior to the film being announced. I’ve not read any of the Shang-Chi comics and I don’t remember him showing up in the Marvel TV series I grew up watching. That said,…

Candyman Review

The original Candyman is a film that I was aware of but didn’t actually see until recently. I knew about the history of the film and the impact it had and when I did finally watch it a few weeks ago I found myself impressed with it’s atmosphere. It’s also a film that can very…