Reviews
FILM REVIEW: THE BEANIE BUBBLE
Zack Galifianakis is Beanie Baby creator Ty Warner in this colorful takedown of corporate greed
FILM REVIEW: TALES OF BABYLON
Colorful characters and locations keep this British Pulp Fiction imitator from becoming too stale
FILM REVIEW: STAY AWAKE
Small-town misery and addiction pervade Stay Awake, but it finds optimism in brotherly bonds.
FILM REVIEW: WONDERWELL
Carrie Fisher’s final performance, as a blunt-talking good witch, feels appropriately magical.
FILM REVIEW: JAZZTOWN
A documentary made by and for people who love Denver’s jazz scene may not offer much more for others.
FILM REVIEW: TRAVELING LIGHT
Tony Todd reunites with his Candyman director to play an Uber driver in the early days of COVID
FILM REVIEW: TONIC
One bad night in Dallas’ Deep Ellum district drives a broke pianist to desperation.
FILM REVIEW: YELLOW BIRD
Multi-hyphenate Angus Benfield lacks the directorial instincts to do his own lead performance justice.
FILM REVIEW: THE COUNTRY CLUB
Caddyshack has nothing to fear from this unfocused comedy of class disparity and golf.
FILM REVIEW: ONE FOR ALL – THE DJ CHRIS VILLA STORY
A nice, clean-living DJ is clearly talented, but not especially interesting outside the club.