“Michael” and the Tension of Lacking Tension
It is not hard to make a musical biopic that pleases audiences and draws a profit. Michael is no exception.

Moving back to her native country Germany after years of living in the United States, a teenage girl navigates the intricacies of German high school life.
It is not hard to make a musical biopic that pleases audiences and draws a profit. Michael is no exception.
Like Fourth of July fireworks, the film Honey Don’t is colorful and fun to look at, delivering many bangs (sex and guns!) for your buck before quietly fading out.
Greta Garbo, a queer actress playing a real-life queer Queen is the best of both worlds.
The whole family will enjoy these fantasy and science fiction stories about families and individuals connecting, finding true love, and discovering self.
How powerful can a story be when it is stripped to the bare essentials of just a room, a handful of people and raw human voice?
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.