Tassoula's Movie Review Blog

Tonight I saw the short film Stuck , starring Steve Blackwood and Sandy Bainum. "It's not a crime scene, it's a situation!...

Tonight I saw Ghost , starring Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg. The week this film debuted in 1990, I was at the theater, first in line...

Here are my final picks for tomorrow's ceremony: WRITING: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Who Will Win: PARASITE My Pick:  ONCE UPON A TIME IN H...

On Thursday I saw Parasite , starring Jung Ji-so and Jo Yeo-jeong. The Kim family is poor; the Park family is rich. The Park family needs ...

Yesterday I saw all five of the nominated films in the Documentary Short category. I'll present my reviews in the order the films were ...

Yesterday I saw all five of the nominated films in the Live Action Short category. I'll present my reviews in the order the films were ...

On Wednesday I saw 1917, starring George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman. Two Lance Corporals (MacKay and Chapman) in the British army dur...

Today I saw Jojo Rabbit, starring Roman Griffin Davis and Thomasin McKenzie. Jojo (Davis) is a 10-year-old boy in Nazi Germany. He is a yo...

Today I saw Pain and Glory , starring Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz. Salvador (Banderas) is an aging film director who is suffering a...

On Friday, I saw Just Mercy , starring Jamie Foxx and Michael B. Jordan. Walter McMillian (Foxx) is a black man, living in Alabama, runnin...

Yesterday I saw Labyrinth , starring Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie. Sarah (Connelly) is a teenager annoyed with the responsibility of ...

FILM Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Joker Mystify: Michael Hutchence Toy Story 4 Women of the Wild Buffalo Knives Out Harriet The ...

Yesterday I saw Little Women , starring Saiorse Ronan and Florence Pugh. It's a beloved book, but one I'll confess I always found ...

Today I saw Judy , starring Renee Zellweger and Finn Witrock. Sometimes even the greatest of artists aren't given a fighting chance in...

Today I saw Bombshell , starring Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman. The women who brought down Fox News executive Roger Ailes (John Lithgo...

Today I saw Knives Out , starring Ana de Armas and Daniel Craig. Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is a wealthy novelist who is found ...

Today I saw Ford v Ferrari , starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon. Caroll Shelby (Damon) is a former race car driver who had to stop rac...

Yesterday I saw Richard Jewell , starring Paul Walter Hauser and Sam Rockwell. During the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, a domestic terrorist d...

Tonight I saw Die Hard , starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman. John McClane (Willis) is a New York City police officer who travels to Lo...

On Saturday I saw Marriage Story , starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson. Charlie (Driver) and Nicole (Johansson) are a creative cou...

Tonight I saw Elf , starring Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel. The modern holiday classic is always a joy to watch, but I had never seen i...

Tonight I saw Ghostbusters live with the San Francisco Symphony. It was an amazing night with the director in attendance and the film was, ...

Today I saw A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood , starring Matthew Rhys and Tom Hanks. The story is a simple one: cynical journalist gets ...

Yesterday I saw Brittany Runs a Marathon , starring Jillian Bell and Jennifer Dundas. Based on a real woman who transformed her life, the ...

I screened the documentary Women Of The White Buffalo last night at the Red Nation Film Festival. Read my re-cap here .

On Wednesday, I screened Harriet , starring Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom, Jr. Minty Ross (Erivo) was a headstrong slave in Maryland who y...

Today I saw Joker,  starring Joaquin Phoenix and Robert De Niro. Arthur (Phoenix) is a working-class clown who likes to make children lau...

Tonight I screened Countdown , starring Elizabeth Lail and Peter Facinelli. A group of friends dare each other at a party to download an a...

Tonight I saw Maiden , starring Tracy Edwards and Jo Gooding. In 1989, Tracy Edwards led an all-female team in the Whitbread Round the Wor...

On Thursday night I screened Downton Abbey , starring Dame Maggie Smith and Allen Leech. We rejoin our beloved upper-class British family ...

Today I saw Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark , starring Zoe Margaret Colletti and Michael Garza. As a child in the '80s, many luncht...

Last night I saw Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. This was the most fun I've had at a Taranti...

Yesterday I saw Late Night, starring Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson. Molly (Kaling) works at a chemical plant, loves comedy ...

Tonight I saw The Wizard of Oz , starring Judy Garland and Margaret Hamilton. I've seen this film countless times, of course, growing ...

On Saturday, I saw Pavarotti , a documentary about the life of the legendary tenor. Some people have a presence. It’s an intan...

On Wednesday, I saw E.T. in Concert with the Seattle Symphony. My memory of seeing E.T. in the theater when I was 6 years old is vivid. ...

Yesterday I saw The Biggest Little Farm , starring John and Molly Chester. John and Molly are married, living a pleasant life in the city....

Tonight I saw Toy Story 4 , starring the voices of Tom Hanks and Annie Potts. Woody (Hanks) and the gang of toys who used to belong to And...

Last night I saw Yesterday , starring Himesh Patel and Lily James. A world without The Beatles or Coca-Cola isn't a world I'd ever...

Tonight I saw Annabelle Comes Home , starring McKenna Grace and Vera Farmiga. Paranormal investigators Lorraine Warren (Farmiga) and her h...

Tonight I saw Jaws , starring Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider in honor of its 44th anniversary. The legendary score, the almost-laughabl...

Tonight I saw The Souvenir , starring Honor Swinton Byrne and Tom Burke. Julie (Swinton Byrne) is a film student in love with journalist A...

Yesterday I saw Rocketman , starring Taron Egerton and Bryce Dallas Howard. I can see why Elton John gave this film his blessing. The ride...

Today I screened Wine Calling, a documentary about French wine producers who are committed to producing their wines with natural methods. ...

On Sunday I screened Top End Wedding , starring Miranda Tapsell and Gwilym Lee. Lauren (Tapsell) and Ned (Lee) are in love and planning a ...

Tonight I screened Emma Peeters , starring Monia Chokri and Fabrice Adde. Emma (Chokri) is a thirty-something actress who spends her days ...

Today I screened Banana Split , starring Hannah Marks and Liana Liberato. April (Marks) is devastated by her breakup with Nick (Dylan Spro...

This morning I saw Gloria Bell, starring Julianne Moore and John Turturro. Gloria (Moore) is a fifty-something divorcée working in a stan...

Last night I saw Us , starring Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke. Gabe (Duke) wants to take his family for a relaxing vacation in Santa ...

Tonight I saw Captain Marvel , starring Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson. Carol (Larson) wrecks in an unknown place while in-flight with ...

Here are my final picks for tonight's ceremony: WRITING: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Who Will Win: THE FAVOURITE My Pick:  FIRST REFORMED W...

Today I saw Isn't It Romantic , starring Rebel Wilson and Adam Devine. Natalie (Wilson) is an under-appreciated architect who hates th...