In Locked Down, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathaway portray a couple of over a decade who are on the outs. Their decision to split up couldn’t have worse timing. It’s the early days of the Coronavirus epidemic and this is London under lockdown. Although they have a pretty nice pad, […]

Locked Down Review: Anne Hathaway & Chiwetel Ejiofor Command in ...

The latest trailer for Judas and the Black Messiah has arrived from Warner Bros. and it previews a film that has “Oscar” written all over it. Lakeith Stanfield is FBI informant William O’Neal, who is tasked with getting close to the enigmatic leader of the Illinois Black Panther Party, Daniel […]

Judas and the Black Messiah Trailer Teases Major Oscar Contender

Love and Monsters is the escapist adrenaline rush with heaps of heart that fans of apocalyptic cinema have been waiting for and with it out now on all home video formats, there is no excuse for missing this fun and wildly original ride. With Dylan O’Brien leading the charge, the […]

Love and Monsters Blu-Ray Review: Dylan O’Brien Stars in One ...

The first trailer for filmmaker Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday has arrived from Hulu. It is a stunning tease for the film that will premiere on the streaming giant on February 26 and tells the story of the iconic singer that legions of her fans and appreciators […]

The United States vs. Billie Holiday Trailer: Lee Daniels’ Latest ...

Vanessa Kirby not only embodies the grief of a new mother, Martha, whose precious seconds holding her child after birth were the only moments she got. The actress inhabits every nuanced human emotion that accompanies such a tragedy. She does so in such a way that her performance doesn’t necessarily […]

Pieces of a Woman Review: Winter of our Discontent

I have several “favorite” movies of all-time. It is a list that includes flicks as varied as To Live and Die in LA, Goodfellas, Casablanca, and even Snatch. One of those gets the perfect scene honor for our fourth installment of the regular series here on The Movie Mensch. When […]

The Perfect Scene #4: The Sonic Succulence of La Marseillaise ...

Liam Neeson gets to put a unique spin on his action hero persona with Honest Thief—now out on DVD, Blu-Ray, and On Demand. Neeson portrays Tom Dolan, the titular soul, as he is ready to potentially turn the page and enter a new chapter of his life. As he meets […]

Honest Thief Blu-Ray Review: Liam Neeson Nails It as the ...

Genre movies that steadfastly stay in their lane and never drift and try to be more than they are… well, they tend to land on the enjoyable side of the critique spectrum for this writer. Anna and The Apocalypse come to mind. The 2018 horror-music-Christmas-movie was an utter delight in […]

Shadow in the Cloud Review: Chloë Grace Moretz Shows Her ...

The year that was 2020 is one almost all of us would like to forget. But, the year in cinema 2020, I’d like to think, played a small role in helping us get through this deadly once-a-century pandemic where most of us have been stuck inside doing what we can […]

The Movie Mensch Top 20 of 2020: A Year That ...