Soul (2020) • View trailerFive stars. Rated PG, for mild thematic elementsBy Derrick Bang • Published in The Davis Enterprise, 1.1.21This isn’t the first time I’ve observed that some of the sharpest, wittiest and most...
Rose Island (2020) • View trailer3.5 stars. Rated TV-14, for considerable profanityBy Derrick BangTruth really is stranger than fiction. In 1967 — annoyed by the ponderous Italian bureaucracy involved with any sort of construction...
4.5 stars. Rated PG-13, for violence, occasional profanity, disturbing images and dramatic intensityPaul Greengrass always makes thoughtful, emotionally engaging films, whether crowd-pleasing thrillers — three entries in the Jason Bourne...
Sylvie's Love (2020) • View trailer2.5 stars. Rated PG-13, which is needlessly harsh, for mild sexual contentBy Derrick BangAt first blush, Sylvie’s Love — an Amazon Prime original — is a charming romantic drama, very...
The Prom (2020) • View trailer3.5 stars. Rated PG-13, for thematic elements and suggestive/sexual candorBy Derrick BangIt’s easy to see why director Ryan Murphy was attracted to this Tony-nominated stage musical; it’s basically...
Some people approach the holidays with far too much emphasis on expectation — everything must be just so, and God forbid any little detail goes awry — rather than simply...
Five stars. Unrated, and suitable for all agesGiven how it was sabotaged by malevolent forces this past summer — over which its roughly 496,000 hard-working employees had no control —...
This is an impressive slice of holiday razzle-dazzle. The tag line for writer/director David E. Talbert’s opulent fantasy promises that viewers will “discover a world of wishes and wonder,” and that’s...
Lovers of British whimsy likely will embrace this leisurely romantic comedy — available via video-on-demand — which takes an Irish approach to the conventional formula. Rosemary (Emily Blunt) has loved Anthony...
Three stars. Rated PG-13, for profanity and brief violenceDirector Luke Greenfield’s odd little film — in operational theaters starting today — has some heavy social commentary for what’s essentially a...
