Review: “Priscilla”

I didn’t put two and two together until I was standing in the hotel lobby. The same day I was set to go see Priscilla— Sofia Coppola’s screen adaptation of Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir Elvis and Me— I was checking into a hotel, a charming relic of Route 66’s heyday in southwest Missouri. As I […]

Streaming Movie Recap: October 2020, Part 3

Happy November everyone! I’m looking back on some October releases one more time with the last part of my streaming recap. Read on for mini reviews of the movies “Clouds,” “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “The Witches,” “On the Rocks,” “Over the Moon,” “Yes God, Yes,” and “His House.” “CLOUDS” (Disney Plus) For a supposedly faith-based movie, […]

Review: “The Beguiled” (2017)

4 out of 5 stars. It’s amazing what different writers and directors can bring to—or take away from—the same story. Case in point, “The Beguiled,” a 1971 film directed by Don Siegel, based on a novel of the same name. That movie, set during the American Civil War, starred Clint Eastwood as John, an injured […]