Song Sung Blue Plays It Safe—but Plays It Well

Song Sung Blue Plays It Safe—but Plays It Well

Song Sung Blue ★ ★ ★ Song Sung Blue is based on real-life couple Mike and Claire Sardina, who became a sensation in Milwaukee as Neil Diamond interpreters. No, not impersonators—interpreters. It’s an important distinction in this film, because Mike reveres Diamond so...
Marty Supreme Finds Match Point at the Table’s Edge

Marty Supreme Finds Match Point at the Table’s Edge

Marty Supreme ★ ★ ★ ★ Marty Supreme is based on the true story of Marty Reisman, an American table tennis hustler who became a folk legend of sorts. Like any good pool shark, he would throw matches and start winning as the stakes got higher. He didn’t just win, he...
We Bury the Dead Resurrects Compassion Among the Undead

We Bury the Dead Resurrects Compassion Among the Undead

We Bury the Dead ★ ★ ★ We Bury the Dead is a zombie movie that gives an over-explored genre a touch of originality. Theaters and televisions have been flickering with dangerous undead creatures for decades. Some great, some terrible—not much worth remembering in...
Anaconda Slithers, Then Swallows Its Own Plot

Anaconda Slithers, Then Swallows Its Own Plot

Anaconda (2025) ★ ★ ½ Anaconda is not a remake of the 1997 film with the same name, and it bears little resemblance to the original jungle adventure—except that both films have a man-eating, quasi-realistic CGI snake. The 1997 snake was so obviously computer generated...