Is This Thing On?: Movie Review

A funny and compelling introspection on the collapse of a marriage.

Bradley Cooper’s latest, Is This Thing On?, feels more like a Noah Baumbach film due to its intimacy, Laura Dern and comedic handling of emotional (im)maturity: the end of a marriage. While this is meant as a compliment, perhaps it’s too early or just not possible to define what does or doesn’t feel like a Bradley Cooper film. Either way he delivers a small film with limited focus but universal impact, a profoundly moving and enjoyable piece about relationships and the people in them.		2025 Directed by: Bradley Cooper Screenplay by: Will Arnett & Mark Chappell, and Bradley Cooper Starring: Will Arnett, Laura Dern

The Housemaid: Movie Review

A stylish, twisty thriller with a satisfying conclusion.

I think it’s impossible not to compare The Housemaid to A Simple Favor. Two stylish, twisty thrillers based on popular novels, directed by Paul Feig, starring two popular actresses, and an innocent-looking husband caught in the middle, both premiering to positive critical reaction. And yet The Housemaid has done seriously good box office numbers despite being released in a post-covid theatrical environment, already beating the 2018 flick by over $30M, and possibly doubling it when all is said and done.		2025 Directed by: Paul Feig Screenplay by: Rebecca Sonnenshine Based on the novel by Freida McFadden Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Sydney Sweeney, Brendan Sklenar

Blue Moon: Movie Review

Lorenz Hart's creativity and failures in one perfectly written movie.

Poignant and funny, Blue Moon re-teams filmmaker Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke for a highlight of both of their illustrious careers. Set during just one night in March 1943, Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) is at a bar drinking his troubles away while right across the street is opening night of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! before all the dignitaries pour into the bar for the afterparty. And, oh boy, does Hart have a lot to say about that.		2025 Directed by: Richard Linklater Screenplay by: Robert Kaplow Inspired by the letters of Lorenz Hart and Elizabeth Weiland Starring: Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Andrew Scott, Bobby Cannavale