by Josh Terry | Apr 12, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Warfare (4 stars out of 4) The best movies often feel like experiences, and Alex Garland’s “Warfare” is such a film. The only question is whether you feel you can handle the ordeal. Set in the Battle of Ramadi in 2006 during the Iraq War, “Warfare” was co-written and...
by Josh Terry | Apr 12, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
The Amateur (3 stars out of 4) Directed by James Hawes, “The Amateur” is a solid spy thriller that crosses elements of the “Bourne” franchise with this year’s “Black Bag” and echoes of Liam Neeson’s “Taken” films. The story follows a CIA cryptography analyst named...
by Josh Terry | Mar 27, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Death of a Unicorn (2 ½ stars out of 4) A movie like “The Room” becomes infamous because it took itself seriously, with disastrous results. It was bad because it couldn’t help itself, and that turned it into a cult classic. A movie like “Sharknado” is a very different...
by Josh Terry | Mar 21, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (3 stars out of 4) Made in Zambia by director Rungano Nyoni, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” is a compelling if deceptive exploration of culture and family dynamics. The film opens late at night as the protagonist, a young woman named Shula...
by Josh Terry | Mar 14, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Black Bag (3 ½ stars out of 4) When you break it down, Steven Soderbergh’s “Black Bag” becomes a bizarre recipe of pop culture elements: start with a “Mission: Impossible”-style save the world premise, but set it inside a British Intelligence internal subculture that...
