Sally is what one would hope for from a Sundance Film Festival documentary. The festival is typically ripe with programming engaging in social commentary and highlighting diverse perspectives. And who better to highlight than the first female astronaut to adventure into space? The documentary is broad-sweeping in scope, discussing Sally Ride’s early life as a tennis player to becoming a NASA
Read MoreSpider-Man, a.k.a. this “damned web-swinging menace” as JJJ likes to say, is a beloved figure in the hearts of fans worldwide. Since his creation by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Peter Parker has become a symbol of all that’s good and heroic. Through countless adaptations across comics, television, movies, games, and animated series, Spider-Man’s main role as the “friendly neighborhood” hero
Read MoreMiddletown sees documentarians Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss return to another story about young people’s role in the future of politics and activism. While Girls State is a sufficient follow-up to the groundbreaking documentary Boys State, the second outing lacked the same energy despite the importance of the subject matter. Here, McBaine and Moss seem to be shifting gears, and instead
Read MoreThe Sundance Film Festival documentary Life After begins with a simple yet controversial question. Should a disabled individual or someone who is suffering have the right to die? Regarding the disability experience, finding stories about people who share my worldview is a priority. And to be honest, the question posed caused me unease. Discovering that documentarian Reid Davenport shared the same
Read MoreThis week filmmaker Gala del Sol will premiere her ambitious film Rains Over Babel at the Sundance Film Festival. The movie has a vibrant aesthetic combining all the influences of her home, Colombia; this is felt in the fashion, the dancing, and the character designs of the film. Adding to this, the movie explores interesting themes involving the LGTBQ experience, prejudice, God or Gods, and the
Read MoreDisfluency tackles the coming-of-age genre with a fresh sense of honesty that helps to carry an otherwise weak and didactic script. There are lessons to take away from this story, and writer/director Anna Baumgarten wants to make certain that those messages are received. Still, it’s a film that feels relevant, relatable and important for the time. Not every generation is blessed with
Read MoreMythic Quest is back with a fourth season after delays from last year’s dual actors and writers strike. Picking up from last season, Poppy Li (Charlotte Nicdao) and Ian Grimm (Rob McElhenney) have returned to the Mythic Quest company and integrated their “Playpen” content as an expansion to the main game. Now, tirelessly working on even newer content, there is so
Read MoreThe gates to the Mayfair house are again open as the vibrant world of AMC’s The Immortal Universe welcomes audiences back into the magic and mayhem surrounding the Mayfair witches. What began with Interview with the Vampire has sprawled into an expansive world of Anne Rice’s works, connecting them in a larger tapestry that is just starting to unveil itself. Based
Read MoreAfter a neat double role in Star Trek: Discovery, Michelle Yeoh returns to the Star Trek universe, leading the streaming film Star Trek: Section 31. The film has the distinct honor of being the first Star Trek television film and the fourteenth entry in the vast science-fiction franchise. Yeoh was easily the selling point of this film to me, and there’s
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