Tolkien (Nicholas Hoult) is a true story based on the childhood and younger years of the author who wrote ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’. The film spends the majority of its time giving us the backstory. We discover that his mother died (diabetes type 1) when he was a child and he becomes orphaned. He and his brother are placed in a boarding school under Father … [Read more...] about Tolkien – Film Review
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Little – Film Review
Little is a fantasy comedy about an overbearing boss accidentally becoming young again. Jordan Sanders (Regina Hall) is forced to relive the life of her younger self (Marsai Martin) back as a 13-year-old at school. Her underappreciated assistant, April (Issa Rae), attempts to make her life easier while taking over the reins of the tech business. The storyline is a bit … [Read more...] about Little – Film Review
The House With A Clock In Its Walls – Film Review
There was a moment during The House With A Clock In Its Walls when I turned to a fellow critic and rhetorically asked "What the f*** is this movie?!" It happened during a bizarre sequence where Jack Black's kooky warlock Baranavelt is struck with a magical spell of sorts and proceeds to age drastically in reverse, leaving us to witness Black's fully-sized head atop a naked … [Read more...] about The House With A Clock In Its Walls – Film Review
The Shape of Water – Film Review
The Shape of Water is a fantasy drama set in a 1960s high-security government laboratory where Elisa (Sally Hawkins) works as a cleaner. Elisa and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a classified experiment in the form of a man-meets-fish like creature from the South American river. Elisa starts up a relationship with the creature and the two develop a loving … [Read more...] about The Shape of Water – Film Review
Black Panther – Film Review
Black Panther is the back story of Marvel Studio's character T'Challa. After the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, he returns home to the technologically advanced African nation. Here he must battle it out to take the throne to become king. However, a new foe emerges to threaten his place in the kingdom. A long lost relative demands the technologies and vibranium be … [Read more...] about Black Panther – Film Review