Category Archives: Movies

Review: Queendom

Posted on January 29, 2026 by philipbrasor

In recent comments about Shiori Ito’s Oscar-nominated Black Box Diaries, fellow documentary filmmaker Miki Dezaki pointed out that documentary films should not be considered journalism but rather the viewpoint on a particular topic by the filmmaker. This isn’t to say … Continue reading →

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Review: Olivia & the Clouds

Posted on January 24, 2026 by philipbrasor

It might come as a surprise to many dedicated movie freaks that Dominica has a vital animated film community; not a hugely influential one, admittedly, but large enough to make this singular production stand out in a world of inventive … Continue reading →

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Review: Mercy and Project Y

Posted on January 23, 2026 by philipbrasor

Last week a video of Ben Affleck talking in depth about A.I. in the film industry went viral. Affleck’s assessment of the commercial and financial impact of A.I. on his business was sober and measured, which actually made his pronouncements … Continue reading →

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Review: Five Nights at Freddy’s 2

Posted on January 22, 2026 by philipbrasor

The inevitable sequel to the very successful 2023 movie adaptation of the equally popular video game slightly improves on its predecessor in that its storytelling is more abstract. The problem I had with the first movie was its byzantine plotting … Continue reading →

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Review: Work to Do and About Us But Not About Us

Posted on January 17, 2026 by philipbrasor

The dramatic tension generated in Park Hong-jun’s debut feature, Work to Do, comes from an unusual place. The time is 2016 and the protagonist is Kang Joon-hee (Jang Sung-bum), a young employee of a Korean shipbuilding company who has been … Continue reading →

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Review: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Posted on January 16, 2026 by philipbrasor

With Danny Boyle taking time out from the 28 Days Later series for the second time, it’s up to original screenwriter Alex Garland to provide thematic continuity with this fourth installment, and thus the third installment, which took place 28 … Continue reading →

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Review: Good One and Treasure

Posted on January 15, 2026 by philipbrasor

India Donaldson’s insightful debut feature, Good One, has been called a coming-of-age story, but given that the protagonist is a 17-year-old Brooklyn-bred girl who is about to go off to college, it seems more appropriate to call it a post-coming-of-age … Continue reading →

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Review: Warfare

Posted on January 14, 2026 by philipbrasor

For all its narrative shortcomings, Platoon remains a hallmark of warfare cinema in that it left little to the imagination. War movies have since become almost rote in their presentation of carnage to the point where if you don’t see … Continue reading →

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Review: In Water

Posted on January 10, 2026 by philipbrasor

The spoiler about Hong Sangsoo’s In Water has nothing to do with anything in its meager plot. It has to do with the main formal decision to present almost the entire thing out-of-focus, so, from a critical viewpoint, revealing that … Continue reading →

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Review: The Outrun and The Great Lillian Hall

Posted on January 9, 2026 by philipbrasor

The term “recovery drama” should induce winces and feelings of trepidation in serious moviegoers. Seeing yet another sad individual overcome the depredations of addiction and stand fully sober in the sun is meant to be soul-lifting but because the genre … Continue reading →

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