Elijah Davidson
Dunkirk is, on one level, a straightforward recapitulation of the rescue of over three hundred thousand English troops off the shores of France by private, English fishing and pleasure vessels in the early days of World War II.
Elijah Davidson
Caesar was our “Caesar” in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Now he’s our “Moses.”
Kevin Nye
Refreshingly, Homecoming’s real “home” is in the high school portions of this movie, which work so well that the audience is left wishing that this weren’t even a superhero movie but just a high-school comedy.
Elijah Davidson
Chasing Coral is compelling. It makes you want to do whatever you can to steward this planet better, as God called us to do.
Christopher Lopez
This film could have been more about the mystical experience “on the other side,” but instead it focuses on the experiences of life we do our best to avoid—authentic grieving or serious contemplation about life’s meaning—and the experiences we tragically let pass us by—the gift of being present with someone we love.
Elijah Davidson
The Big Sick is an excellent comedy – no, it’s an excellent film, no qualification needed. It’s the kind of film that deserves to show up on top ten lists at the end of the year.
Elijah Davidson
The promise of liberation comes, for the women, in the form of a wounded Union soldier. For the school’s matron, he is an opportunity to put their Christian convictions into practice...
Elijah Davidson
This isn’t a desperate film. It is comfortable resolving story threads in ways they would resolve in real life. Just when you think the movie is going to take a wrong step and veer into a most banal territory, The Hero shifts back into the wisdom that makes it an exceptional film.
Elijah Davidson
Cars 3 mostly works. The emotional pull associated with the passing away theme is resonant—“death and taxes,” you know?—and the movie has one stand-out sequence involving a demolition derby. The movie isn’t peak Pixar though.
