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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
(2023)
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Beth Accomando
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I was surprised by how sad, emotional, and dark this third film was.
Posted May 12, 2023
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Stone
(1974)
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Beth Accomando
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Stone was a hit in Australian drive-ins in the 1970s with its sensational mix of sex, drugs, rock’n’roll and unbridled horsepower.
Posted Apr 19, 2023
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Smoking Causes Coughing
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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Dupieux is just so delightfully quirky and sweetly affable, that I always look forward to what he does, and I urge you to give his films a try.
Posted Apr 19, 2023
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Enys Men
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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The film's backdrop allows much time for contemplation... But time is fluid here. You are never sure what is past, present or future. They all exist on a strange plane that sometimes feels real, sometimes nightmarish, sometimes poetic.
Posted Apr 14, 2023
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John Wick: Chapter 4
(2023)
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Beth Accomando
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Stahelski and his very game star Reeves have raised the bar on the action genre and set a new gold standard.
Posted Mar 23, 2023
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Infinity Pool
(2023)
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Beth Accomando
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Infinity Pool is many things -- it’s sci-fi, horror, thriller, skewer the rich satire, and disturbing psychological study. But most of all it’s audacious, exhilarating filmmaking from a unique cinematic voice.
Posted Feb 02, 2023
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Avatar: The Way of Water
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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Avatar: The Way of Water is pretty to look at and the 3D technology is impressive. And that’s about the only nice thing I have to say about James Cameron’s film.
Posted Dec 16, 2022
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Bones and All
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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Bones and All does for cannibals what Twilight did for vampires... and that's not a compliment.
Posted Dec 02, 2022
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The Fabelmans
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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I know this is an Oscar favorite with the kind of sentimentality audiences enjoy, but it feels bland and pedantic.
Posted Dec 02, 2022
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The Menu
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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Maybe the film wants to challenge that us versus them binary dynamic and suggest it is useless. But much of the film is built on that notion and when it's taken down it does not offer anything in its place.
Posted Nov 18, 2022
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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Coogler tries to deliver a parallel character dynamic with Shuri and Namor, and for a brief moment he succeeds... But sadly the formula of an MCU film demands something epic for the third act and that's where the film flounders on multiple levels.
Posted Nov 11, 2022
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Tár
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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Blanchett is riveting as Tár. It’s the kind of complex role that women only rarely get. She digs into with ferocious appetite, and refuses to soften any of the edges just to make it easier for the audience.
Posted Oct 21, 2022
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Don't Worry Darling
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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Don't Worry Darling confirms Wilde's talent as a director but perhaps she needs to be more discerning about the scripts she takes on.
Posted Oct 03, 2022
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RRR
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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RRR is just so relentlessly and joyously over the top that you can't help but get sucked in.
Posted Sep 02, 2022
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Alienoid
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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You can either complain about all its inconsistencies and unevenness or you can choose to surrender to its lunacy and just enjoy. When a film is made with this much gusto and unpretentious energy, I just surrender.
Posted Sep 01, 2022
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Breaking
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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John Boyega gives an intense and heartbreaking performance as a former Marine fed up with the VA's failure to provide the support they promised.
Posted Sep 01, 2022
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Three Thousand Years of Longing
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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Three Thousand Years of Longing is a glorious valentine to the power stories have to teach us about empathy and the human condition. See it in a cinema where Miller’s bold vision has the expanse needed for such an epic yet intimate tale.
Posted Sep 01, 2022
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Spin Me Round
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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I know an innocuous rom-com should not stir such ire in me, but Spin Me Round represents so much of what I hate in movies.
Posted Aug 26, 2022
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Free Puppies!
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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There’s nothing groundbreaking in terms of filmmaking here, nor is the film a deep dive of investigative journalism, but it is a heartfelt work that’s trying to make a difference.
Posted Aug 26, 2022
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Costa Brava, Lebanon
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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Akl succeeds best in depicting the intimate family dynamics.
Posted Aug 26, 2022
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Thor: Love and Thunder
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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Love and Thunder flies off in multiple plot directions, never quite making any one of them feel complete. The end result is enjoyable to watch because the characters are such good company, but the story’s a mess.
Posted Jul 14, 2022
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The Black Phone
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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The Black Phone is not a great horror film, but it is a well crafted one that does not insult your intelligence. It does not aim high, but it hits its mark to deliver a compelling and disturbing tale.
Posted Jun 30, 2022
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Elvis
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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The first half of the film burns with a visual intensity that’s as irresistible as Elvis was. But then we have to suffer through the second half.
Posted Jun 30, 2022
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Emergency
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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The same themes could have been addressed with a less convoluted plot and with less oddly placed humor. But the message is still a potent one and the point of view the film provides is one that more people need to see and more importantly understand.
Posted May 26, 2022
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Vortex
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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I highly recommend the film but can’t really call it entertainment.
Posted May 26, 2022
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¡Viva Maestro!
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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The film highlights Dudamel’s passion for music and its power to transform. It is an inspiring and insightful look at what music means to Dudamel and how he tries to convey that to both an audience and his musicians.
Posted May 19, 2022
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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Sadly, this multiverse ultimately just feels like a mess.
Posted May 11, 2022
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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Everything Everywhere All At Once will leave you breathless, confused, entertained, amazed, touched and maybe even a bit enlightened. But one thing is clear: Michelle Yeoh is a force to be reckoned with.
Posted Apr 14, 2022
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X
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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West's film is meta but not in the painful wink-wink, nudge-nudge jokiness of the Scream franchise. Instead, it's a more subtle way of referencing the horror genre through just the visual look of the location or the costumes or the framing.
Posted Mar 24, 2022
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The Long Walk
(2019)
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Beth Accomando
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The Long Walk both challenges and rewards viewers, and that is a rare thing.
Posted Mar 07, 2022
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West Side Story
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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Spielberg gives the film occasional moments but nothing to convince me that he knows much about musicals or New York City.
Posted Mar 05, 2022
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Cyrano
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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Director Joe Wright has a nice romantic visual flair, especially in designing the musical numbers, but there is just too little of the play and the character that I grew up loving that make it into the film.
Posted Mar 05, 2022
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Studio 666
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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All in all, I enjoyed the film, and the music was strong,
Posted Mar 05, 2022
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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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Robinson's tone throughout is calm and reasoned, even when speaking with a white Southerner holding a Confederate flag and insisting the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery.
Posted Feb 07, 2022
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Scream
(2022)
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Beth Accomando
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If it really wanted to be clever it would actually break its rules and defy horror tropes to come up with something original to either terrify or entertain us. As it stands, it did neither for me.
Posted Jan 20, 2022
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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Stylistically Coen's film is full of contradictions. It's breathtakingly cinematic with wonderful use of light, shadow, and fog. Yet much of the action is shot on sets that feel distinctly theatrical in terms of being confined interior spaces.
Posted Dec 29, 2021
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Detention
(2019)
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Beth Accomando
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The film mixes elements of monsters and haunted house scares with a political thriller to engage audiences. There are some odd narrative shifts and tonal changes but if you stick through to the end it all makes sense and is actually quite clever.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
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No Time to Die
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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All in all, No Time To Die delivered a satisfying resolution to the Craig Bond films.
Posted Oct 08, 2021
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Candyman
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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Not every horror film offers a lot to unpack but Nia DaCosta's new Candyman has so many layers that it is almost too much to process in 90 minutes. And that's not a bad thing.
Posted Sep 02, 2021
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The Suicide Squad
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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If you enjoy cartoonish excess even when it extends to violence then this hard R, DC Comics super anti-hero action film is exactly what you need.
Posted Aug 13, 2021
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Old
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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Old refers not just to the fate of the characters but it describes the creaky, tired feel of the film.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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Take a trip back in time and immerse yourself in this glorious film.
Posted Jul 09, 2021
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Black Widow
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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Black Widow serves up an uneven but fun ride with the action keeping the pace mostly breathless. Florence Pugh, however, steals the show.
Posted Jul 09, 2021
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F9 The Fast Saga
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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I can't say F9 is a good film but it certainly is an entertaining spectacle of extreme stunts that could put the pandemic in the rearview mirror for at least 145 minutes.
Posted Jun 25, 2021
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In the Heights
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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Despite some shortcomings, In the Heights proves appealing and brings the play to the screen with vibrancy and great joy, plus it gives voice to characters that too rarely get center stage.
Posted Jun 11, 2021
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Profile
(2018)
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Beth Accomando
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Profile hooks you with its fast-paced narrative that doesn't leave you any time to think but even at its fast pace, you still feel like there's a lot of stupid stuff going down...
Posted May 24, 2021
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Spiral: From the Book of Saw
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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See this if you are a Saw fan or Rock fan. Otherwise, there's nothing of interest.
Posted May 24, 2021
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Wrath of Man
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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...just glum. It's a revenge tale, but we're not that engaged in the outcome because it feels so diluted.
Posted May 24, 2021
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Army Of The Dead
(2021)
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Beth Accomando
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Please, refrain from giving these films your money, or filmmakers will be encouraged to keep making lame and ultimately boringly bland movies.
Posted May 24, 2021
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There Is No Evil
(2020)
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Beth Accomando
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There Is No Evil is both specifically Iranian and universally accessible.
Posted May 24, 2021
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