Fifth time’s the charm in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Although many scoffed at first at Lucasfilm’s decision to recruit edgier, indie-minded filmmakers like Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star War... Continue Reading
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Football is fantastically female in Let the Girls Play
If you’re looking for an escape from the sad, soul-crushing reality of our deeply troubled times, first-time writer-director Julien Hallard’... Continue Reading
Tears, laughter, and breast pumps abound in Tully
Even before she took home a Best Actress Oscar for her performance as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in 2003’s Monster, Charlize Theron had be... Continue Reading
The Leisure Seeker takes plot and pot holes in stride
Like most memorable real-life road trips, my favorite road trip movies are those that take time to capture the inevitable friction that deve... Continue Reading
Money walks, talks, and kills in Have a Nice Day
Although you’d never know it from the film’s wry, deadpan screenplay or grungy, gorgeously rendered hand-drawn animation, Chines... Continue Reading
All you need is love in Love, Simon
No matter where you stand politically, it has been a rough couple of weeks to be an American. And if you’re feeling as bruised and bat... Continue Reading
A Wrinkle in Time needs a good pressing
From a historical perspective, Ava DuVernay’s hotly anticipated adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s YA classic A Wrinkle in Time i... Continue Reading
Timely pregnancy drama Invisible offers no easy answers
With Ireland voting overwhelmingly to repeal its near-total ban on abortions last month and women’s reproductive rights being slowly c... Continue Reading
Everyone’s a winner at this Game Night
Hollywood multi-hyphenate John Francis Daley might not be the first name that springs to mind when people talk about the breakout stars from... Continue Reading
The Greatest Showman is all sizzle and no steak
The movie The Greatest Showman might have gone over like a lead balloon with most critics and been almost completely shut out at the Oscars ... Continue Reading
Meditation Park is a feast for the soul
Meditation Park is a very quiet film, but like its long-suffering protagonist, Maria (played by legendary Chinese actress Pei-Pei Cheng), th... Continue Reading
Podcast 057: Airline content trends and new lav concepts revealed
Welcome to episode 057 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest is Maryann Simson, who has been active in the #PaxEx media world for nearly a decade... Continue Reading
Kill Bill meets Taken in bloody good Mrs. K
Oscar-winning writer-director Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, The Hateful Eight) built his reputation on culturally appropriating everythin... Continue Reading
The Florida Project milks magic from mayhem
When it comes to truly edgy underground filmmakers, it’s hard to top writer-director Sean Baker. His 2012 film Starlet profiled the un... Continue Reading
Money can’t save All the Money in the World
Though it’s doubtful most mainstream film fans would have rushed out to see a period, Oscar-bait drama like All the Money in the World... Continue Reading