It’s fairly safe to say that, at the turn of the 21st Century, a few movie genres have become threatened…
Author Paul Emmanuel Enicola
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Movie Lists: The Top 10 Mob and Gangster Films Produced Since 2000
Comedy
Review: ‘Ode to Joy’ is a Sweet, Albeit Flawed Film About Taking Chances on Love and Life
Here’s why most romantic-comedy films are forgettable by the time the audience leaves the theater or closes the movie player…
Amazon
Review: ‘Small Axe: Lovers Rock’ is Steve McQueen’s Ode to the Intoxicating Joys of Living—and Being in Love
It’s almost unfathomable that in 2020, Steve McQueen gave us not one, but five films, expertly threading them together to…
Amazon
Review: ‘Sound of Metal’—Riz Ahmed is Near-Perfect as a Musician Struggling to Come to Terms with Hearing Loss
Forty-five seconds into the film, we see a shot of a man sitting at the drums; game face on, waiting…
Drama
Review: ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ is a Delicate Film About Teenage Pregnancy and the Hard Choices Involved Therein
Tackling sensitive and contentious issues in films can be tricky since filmmakers can easily be accused of politicizing simple stories…
Crime
Review: ‘Promising Young Woman’ a Tale of Revenge, and a Stirring Commentary on Sexual Assault
Admit it: there’s something cathartic about watching vengeance in films—an almost-unexplainable satisfaction seeing the protagonists finally get the upper hand…