
Gadot and director/co-writer Patty Jenkins push away from comic book traditions of superheroines as sexy pin-ups with a Wonder Woman who’s athletic, empathetic, smart, and strong.
Tweet The House Unrated Running Time: 109 minutes Grade: C+ Vancouver-based filmmaker Desiree Lim re-teams with her frequent collaborator, actress Natalie Skye for the genre mash-up The House and the result is a cool, stylish drama part ghost story but…
Tweet The Island President Samuel Goldwyn Films Rated PG Running Time: 101 minutes Grade: B REVIEW BY STEVE RAMOS A talent for storytelling is what separates veteran documentary filmmaker Jon Shenk from the scorched landscape of reality television. His belief…
Tweet Martha Marcy May Marlene Rated R Running Time: 101 Minutes Grade: A Perfect ambiguity brings filmmaker Sean Durkin’s suspenseful drama about a young woman (Elizabeth Olsen) escaping an abusive cult to a daring close that leaves audiences wondering…
Tweet Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football North Shore Films Unrated Running Time: 92 minutes Grade: B REVIEW BY STEVE RAMOS For Fordson High School football players in the working class section of Dearborn, Michigan, the big game involves hunger, thirst…
Tweet Livid The Weinstein Company Rating: TBD Running Time: 88 minutes Grade: B REVIEW BY STEVE RAMOS The French filmmaker duo Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo are undisputed masters of horror thanks to their incredible debut thriller Inside (A l’intérieur),…
Tweet Damsels in Distress Sony Pictures Classics Rating TBA Running Time: 98 minutes Grade: B REVIEW BY STEVE RAMOS Up-and-coming actress Greta Gerwig and long-absent filmmaker Whit Stillman make a comic dream team in the hip and intentionally odd…