by Josh Terry | Dec 13, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Ever since my weekly review count slowed down a few years back, November and December have become catch-up time as I look for potential selections for my annual UFCA ballot. (In my defense, many of the contenders aren’t made available until the end of the year,...
by Josh Terry | Dec 11, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
“Ella McCay” – 1 1/2 stars out of 4 Walking out of “Ella McCay,” I knew I didn’t like the movie, but it took a while to work out why. Part of the problem is an awkward start that seemed to have the opposite of its desired effect: a...
by Josh Terry | Dec 5, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
“Hamnet” – 3 1/2 stars out of 4 When I type “Hamnet” into my computer, the little red line appears, because it thinks I should be writing “Hamlet” instead. But according to the title card of Chloe Zhao’s...
by Josh Terry | Nov 27, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (3 stars out of 4) Starting with 2019’s “Knives Out,” director Rian Johnson’s series of murder mysteries have taken on a sequence of safe targets. The first movie pointed the finger at the wealthy...
by Josh Terry | Nov 21, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Rental Family (4 stars out of 4) Hikari’s “Rental Family” is the kind of movie that makes me grateful to be a movie critic. “Rental Family” tells the story of a struggling American actor who is forced to reevaluate his life when an...
