Melancholic and tragic Close is a unique insight into childhood. Anchoring the story is Eden Dambrine, who plays Leo. Dambrine provides a searing performance that requires much from a…… Read more “New Written Review from Mike Crowley on You’ll Probably Agree: ‘Close’ Tells A Sincere, Painful Tale About Childhood”

I get the joke already. You People is an updated Look Who’s Coming to Dinner with the humor of a Judd Apatow comedy. It’s kinetic in pace but flat with laughter.…… Read more “New Written Review from Mike Crowley on You’ll Probably Agree: ‘You People’ Gets A Conversation Lost in Repetitious Humor”

A Man Called Otto is enjoyable yet as impressive as a disc laying in a Best Buy Blue Ray bin. Based on Frederick Backman’s novel A Man Called Ove,…… Read more “New Written Review from Mike Crowley on You’ll Probably Agree: ‘A Man Called Otto’ Is A Film I Call Generic”

10. Avatar: The Way of Water Even if formulaic Avatar: The Way of Water is an experience that is every bit a part of filmmaking. We go to the…… Read more “New Written Review from Mike Crowley on You’ll Probably Agree: You’ll Hopefully Agree With My Top 10 Movies of The Year”

Baz Luhrmann eat your heart out! Damien Chazelle’s Babylon directs an exuberant experience that relentlessly triggers your senses throughout its whopping three-plus hours. Playing opposite La La Land’s glamour, Babylon turns…… Read more “New Written Review from Mike Crowley on You’ll Probably Agree: ‘Babylon’ Is Damien Chazelle’s Dazzling, Nightmarish, Loveletter to Holly-wierd”

Nobody knows how to depict physical pain the way Darren Aronofsky does. Whether it be the purple arm from a heroin addict or a baby’s neck cracking…… Read more “New Written Review from Mike Crowley on You’ll Probably Agree: ‘The Whale’ Offers a Compassionate Glimpse Toward Obesity”

Thirteen years later, Avatar is still relevant thanks to The Way of Water’s technical craftsmanship, which James Cameron encapsulates. Avatar: The Way of Water has its problems. But so does every James Cameron…… Read more “New Written Review from Mike Crowley on You’ll Probably Agree: ‘Avatar The Way of Water’ Is A Wonderous Theme Park Attraction”

Nanny is a horror film that’s neither scary nor thought-provoking as much as it tries to think it is. Starting as a slow burn, the final delivery…… Read more “New Written Review from Mike Crowley on You’ll Probably Agree: ‘Nanny’ Reaches For Potential But Falls Short”

The love child of Home Alone, Bad Santa, and Die Hard, Violent Night’s gory satire on Santa Clause is a blast. Mostly, but more on that later. David Harbour’s dejected Santa Clause…… Read more “New Written Review from Mike Crowley on You’ll Probably Agree: ‘Violent Night’ Is a Present Worth Sharing”