Review: “A Simple Favor”

3.5 out of 5 stars. Stephanie and Emily couldn’t be more different. Stephanie is an upbeat suburban mommy vlogger who wears demure sweaters and obsessively participates in every activity in her son’s first-grade class. Emily is barely around for her son; she has a high-profile public relations job in the city. She’s foul-mouthed, drinks a […]

Review: “Searching”

4.5 out of 5 stars. On the surface, “Searching” is the story of a father looking for his missing daughter, but the real horror isn’t so much the mystery as it is the role technology plays in our lives. For his feature film debut, director Aneesh Chaganty shot “Searching” entirely through small screens. The characters […]

5 Best Movies of Summer 2018

When I have reflected on summer movies in past years, I’ve always found it hard to pick the best ones from the films I’ve seen, usually because there aren’t more than a couple that I believed were truly great. This year, however, my top five list was hard to narrow down because there were so […]