“An American Pickle” Should Have Stayed in the Jar
Wacky antics ensue when a 100-year-old Jewish man wakes up from a pickled hibernation in the modern world.

Twelve-year-old Diana encounters a strange find in the forest in the early morning. A young woman lies motionless in the moss, her legs scratched. But she wakes up. Diana doesn't ask, she takes care of her. The 23-year-old Pia is still foggy. She doesn't know anything about last night, so she instinctively goes into the hands of her childish rescuer, grateful that she does not have to explain to her counterpart. The two give each other the greatest gift, time and attention and fill up the mental empty spaces.
Wacky antics ensue when a 100-year-old Jewish man wakes up from a pickled hibernation in the modern world.
This Transgender Day of Remembrance, let us take a look at six films about transgender children grappling with their identity in a heteronormative world that despises their kind and tries its best to invalidate their feelings.
I Love You Forever, marketed as a “subversive” romantic comedy is in fact a painful horror film about a young woman deep in the throes of an abusive relationship.
Overall, Sand Castle was another lack luster war drama that will eventually fade into the many similar war dramas I have seen throughout my life.
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.
Disney remakes have often gotten a bad rap for their consistent reliance on the originals and overuse of CGI. However, Mulan is a remake that is able to transcend beyond Disney's other remakes with a confident and bold earnestness.