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Friday, September 28, 2018
Movie Reviews: Night School, Smallfoot, Little Women, Blaze
Hell Fest, Pick of the Litter, The Children Act
Posted By Scott Renshaw on September 28, 2018, 12:12 PM
Awards-season movies start arriving next week, but the end of September finds a cabinet-cleaning of animated musical, low-budget horror and a contemporary adaptation of a beloved classic.
Smallfoot offers a surprising challenge to fear-based religious dogma in a cheery animated package. The music biopic Blaze offers a uniquely vital take on an "underappreciated genius" story. The service-animal documentary Pick of the Litter shares a story with more depth than just adorable doggos.
David Riedel laments the pieced-together script for Night School (pictured) which relegates Tiffany Haddish to the role of straight man.
MaryAnn Johanson finds the modern-day re-telling of Little Women stilted and passionless.
Eric D. Snider nods to the moderately effective scares of the slasher-at-an-amusement-park thriller Hell Fest.
In this week's feature review, MaryAnn Johanson appreciates the central character of The Children Act, but wonders what, exactly, the movie is supposed to be about.
Smallfoot offers a surprising challenge to fear-based religious dogma in a cheery animated package. The music biopic Blaze offers a uniquely vital take on an "underappreciated genius" story. The service-animal documentary Pick of the Litter shares a story with more depth than just adorable doggos.
David Riedel laments the pieced-together script for Night School (pictured) which relegates Tiffany Haddish to the role of straight man.
MaryAnn Johanson finds the modern-day re-telling of Little Women stilted and passionless.
Eric D. Snider nods to the moderately effective scares of the slasher-at-an-amusement-park thriller Hell Fest.
In this week's feature review, MaryAnn Johanson appreciates the central character of The Children Act, but wonders what, exactly, the movie is supposed to be about.
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