Summer 2018 in Belleville. Eleven-year-old Sylla and his group of friends follow every match of the French national team, on the verge of winning their second star. The day Souad, the landlady of the apartment where he lives with his mother, comes to demand his rent once again, Sylla realizes he will soon have to leave the neighborhood where he grew up.
If “Good Time” was a lean exercise in suspense, “Uncut Gems” is an ongoing panic attack. It handcuffs us to an immoral man, made up of selfishness and unreliability. At every point, Adam Sandler connects himself to this idiotic soul, unearthing the misguided opportunism that comes with gambling addiction
The makings of a great midseason filler episode that would connect in many different directions. This is a police drama filler with a guest director.
"Rodgers' & Hammerstein's Cinderella" wasn’t just a fairytale, it's a Black girl's fairytale. It was a fantasy world where the undeniable beauty of Black girls and Women was celebrated and beloved.
The death of Grace's father brings challenges as the family tries to preserve their ranch.
Few movies deal with aging (particularly aging women) with as much compassion as Relic does. Yet it’s not sickly sweet and not a soapbox rant against ageism. Relic simply is, allowing the horror to seep in quietly and carefully.
If the message here is that without a support system, grieving people turn into monsters, it’s not really well-delivered and may be flawed as a message itself.
