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The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Film Review

Aaron Sorkin’s second directorial effort, The Trial of the Chicago 7, is based on the infamous 1969 trial of seven defendants charged by the federal government with conspiracy and more, arising from the countercultural protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The trial transfixed the nation and sparked a conversation about mayhem intended…

  • 2026

Haunting of the Mary Celeste – Film Review

Haunting of the Mary Celeste, also known as Fishbowl, is an impressive effort from relatively new director Shana Betz. In the past, she has directed two feature films that are more action-comedy oriented, but with her latest, she takes her talents to the dreary seas and presents real and tangible horror with great direction on her…

  • 2026

Borat – Film Review

Outrageous situations occur when Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen), a popular reporter from Kazakhstan, comes to the United States to film a documentary on what makes America a great nation. Along the way, he manages to offend just about everyone he meets, fall in love with actress Pamela Anderson and sets forth on a cross-country…

  • 2026

Nocturne – Film Review

Inside the halls of an elite arts academy, a timid music student named Juliet Lowe (Sydney Sweeney) begins to outshine her more accomplished and outgoing twin sister when she discovers a mysterious notebook belonging to a recently deceased classmate. Horror movies are seemingly everywhere these days, and that’s not something that I’m going to complain…

  • 2026

Monster House – Film Review

Three teenagers, Dustin James “D.J.” Walters, Chowder, and Jennifer “Jenny” Bennett discover that their neighbor’s house is actually a monster that hates children. With Halloween approaching, the trio must find a way to destroy the structure before innocent trick-or-treaters meet ghastly ends. Monster House has always been one of those movies that I have extremely fond…

  • 2026

Planes, Trains and Automobiles – Film Review

Easily excitable marketing account executive Neal Page (Steve Martin) is somewhat of a control freak. Trying to get home to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his wife (Laila Robins) and kids, his flight is rerouted to a distant city in Kansas because of a freak snowstorm, and his sanity begins to fray. Worse yet, he…

  • 2026