Reviews
The Boss Baby is Back!
Review of The Boss Baby: Family Business Summary Now grown up, Tim (James Marsden) and Ted (Alec Baldwin) have grown apart, but they come back together for a new mission from Baby Corp: to stop an elementary school that is conspiring against the parents. Using special...
The waits are over: ‘Black Widow’ finally gets her spotlight
"Black Widow": 3 stars out of 4 The postponed blockbusters of 2020 are always going to exist in their own special category. So are all of the post-“Endgame” Marvel movies. “Black Widow” adds a third complication to its release: it’s the long-awaited solo movie for...
Electrifying “Summer of Soul” finally sees the light
"Summer of Soul": 3 1/2 Stars out of 4 It’s a fascinating story: an all-star music festival from the summer of 1969, set in Harlem at a critical juncture in black history, lost to history for fifty years. Until now. "Summer of Soul (or, When the Revolution Could Not...
What Stood Out To Me “In The Heights”
Background"In the Heights" is a musical created by Lin-Manuel Miranda that ran on Broadway in 2008, winning a Tony for Best Musical. Miranda came back to produce and act (in a minor role) in this film adaptation. For those who are familiar with the original...
A Quiet Place Part II Review – Hollywood’s Silent Comeback
As the second installment in the Quiet Place franchise, this movie surpassed the high expectations heaped on it. From the directing, to the acting, to the sound design, each film element gave the movie theatre viewing experience a stellar comeback. The tension is...
Revisiting Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rebecca’ 80 years after it won best picture
In 1940, Alfred Hitchcock released his first American film which later won him his only Best Picture. Now, 80 years later and a few weeks from the Academy Awards, KSL Movie Classics takes a look back at that movie and some of the reasons it’s still relevant today.
Is it still a wonderful life
“It’s a Wonderful Life” is the perfect marriage of an author’s dream, a director’s deepest beliefs, and an actor who understood that George Bailey represents every person who feels lost or broken during the holidays.
Why ‘The Bride of Frankenstein’ is still the perfect Halloween movie
“The Bride of Frankenstein” is a strange and beautifully designed horror masterpiece that has influenced some of the greatest directors in cinematic history.
Why ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ is still relevant after 50 years
It’s been 50 years since the premiere of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” and the movie is just as relevant as ever.
Why the 1915 racist movie ‘The Birth of a Nation’ is still relevant today
Somewhere after 1905 unveiled 5-cent Nickelodeons and before 1929 introduced the world to its first official Academy Awards, movie director D.W. Griffith had an idea. What would happen, he likely wondered, if you were to take a controversial novel, an...
7 more essential movies for film buffs streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime
We recently covered the seven essential movies for film buffs before 1940, and now we’re back with seven essential movies for film buffs currently streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime that are from 1941 to 1979.
7 movies you missed in film class streaming now on Amazon and Netflix
Here are seven essential movies for film-buffs that are currently streaming on Netflix or Amazon Prime.