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...
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 —...
Apollo 11 (2019) • View trailer Five stars. Rated G, and suitable for all agesBy Derrick Bang • Originally published in The Davis Enterprise, 5.15.20 The images haven’t lost their power, and I’m sure they never will....
1917 (2019) • View trailer Five stars. Rated R, for considerable war violence, dramatic intensity and profanityBy Derrick Bang • Originally published in The Davis Enterprise, 1.10.20 Having made it through the harrowing horrors of No Man's...
Jojo Rabbit (2019) • View trailer Five stars. Rated PG-13, for dramatic intensity, disturbing images and violenceBy Derrick Bang You’re unlikely to see a more audacious film this year. The slightest misstep — the...
