A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

[7] Tom Hanks plays Fred Rogers, the famous host of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, a children's program that ran on PBS for over thirty years. But this movie isn't just about Fred Rogers. It's also the true story of journalist Tom…
Little Women (2019)

Little Women (2019)

[8] If someone is going to pick up Louisa May Alcott's much-loved literary classic, dust it off, and serve up a retelling, let it be the Oscar-nominated writer/director of Lady Bird. Greta Gerwig is respectably faithful to the material, but…
Knives Out (2019)

Knives Out (2019)

[8] I think one of the hardest stories to tell is a good murder mystery story. That's why we see so few of them turned into movies. Rian Johnson's (The Last Jedi, Looper) Knives Out is a beguiling blend of…
Ford v Ferrari (2019)

Ford v Ferrari (2019)

[8] I am not a fan of car racing. I couldn't care less about it, really. But like so many other great sports movies, Ford v Ferrari isn't really about the sport itself. It's about the people engaged in the…
Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

[6] A young boy in Hitler's youth army (Roman Griffin Davis) finds himself in a moral dilemma after discovering a Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) hiding in a secret space behind his bedroom wall. This film written for the screen and…
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

[7] It's best to go into The Rise of Skywalker knowing that this third Star Wars trilogy has never had a strong guiding hand. It's not the result of a carefully premeditated creative effort. Creator George Lucas was not there…
Doctor Sleep (2019)

Doctor Sleep (2019)

[8] Ewan McGregor stars as the grown-up version of Danny Torrance from The Shining. Doctor Sleep is a sequel to that horror classic, both films based on books by the premiere horror writer of our time -- Stephen King. Danny…
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

[7] The impending apocalypse of Terminator and Terminator 2 Judgment Day was averted, but you can't stop technological 'progress'. Enter Terminator: Dark Fate, a direct sequel to the second film (ignoring two or three films in-between) that sets up a…
The Lighthouse (2019)

The Lighthouse (2019)

[8] Movies like The Lighthouse sure don't hit the multiplex very often. Hot off his astounding debut feature, The Witch, writer/director Robert Eggers' sophomore effort is a horrifically surreal pitch-black comedy about two men going mad in a remote lighthouse…
The Current War (2019)

The Current War (2019)

[7] Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon star as Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse in this fascinating and fast-paced telling of the historic race to see whose electrical system would be the one showcased at the 1893 World's Fair -- and…