Movie Reviews

A THOUSAND CUTS IN VIRTUAL CINEMAS NATIONWIDE AUGUST 7TH

August 6, 2020 RGN staff

How much would you give up for the right to speak the truth? Would you give up your life, your freedom? In the documentary “A Thousand Cuts” produced, written and directed by Ramona S. Diaz tells the story of Journalist Maria Ressa who places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in […]

HOMEWRECKER AVAILABLE ON DEMAND/DVD/DIGITAL

August 4, 2020 RGN staff

Reviewed by Me’Chele Sevanesian: There’s nothing like a horror movie, nothing. Horror is one of the best-invented genres and it’s because horror can be so malleable. It can be psychological, political, and even comedic. There’s something to be said about how dark humor works, and horror does a good job at highlighting the good, the bad, […]

THE CUBAN STARRING LOUIS GOSSETT JR. IN SELECT THEATERS JULY 31

July 24, 2020 RGN staff

Reviewed by Paul Booth: In this multi-layered script about the journey of life, love, loss and it is no surprise it serves up a gambit of emotion like a Duke Ellington tune. It is perfect Jazz and was used as the base of this story because the film touches on what makes Jazz. The art-form […]

FRENCH “FARGO” CAPTAIN MARLEAU: NEW SEASON BEGINS JULY 28

July 23, 2020 RGN staff

Reviewed by Me’Chele Sevanesian: MHz Choice Announces the New Season Premiere of the Beloved French TV Series Captain Marleau: Season 2. Creator Elsa Marpeau describes Captain Marleau as a combination of Peter Falk’s Columbo, Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, and Marge Gunderson from the Coen brothers’ Fargo. The series, directed entirely by Josée Dayan, stars Corinne Masiero as the […]

REVRY ORIGINAL COMEDY FROM NEW ZEALAND “LIFE IS EASY”

July 22, 2020 RGN staff

Reviewed by Me’Chele Sevanesian: Everyone can be a sucker for a good friendship story. I think they add hope to what can be a very bleak present because while family is such an amazing thing to have, close friends seem almost more needed at times. Friendships are bonds we build ourselves, moments with someone else […]

REVIEW OF THE INCOHERENTS AVAILABLE ON DEMAND

July 14, 2020 RGN staff

Some members of Generation X will find Jared Barel’s The Incoherents a walk down 90’s indie-rock memory lane with this comeback of age story about a group of 40-something guys who decide to reunite their band. The lead singer Bruce (Jeff Auer) broke the band up in 1995 to get married and have a more […]

FOR THEY KNOW WHAT THEY DO AVAILABLE VIA VIRTUAL CINEMAS

July 13, 2020 RGN staff

Reviewed by Me’Chele Sevanesian: When becoming a parent I believe that sometimes the idea of unconditional love becomes somewhat lost when families with extremist religions or political beliefs project their beliefs onto their children. Daniel Karslakes documentary “They Know Not What They Do” explores this through a religious lens of extremist evangelical parents who lose […]

REVIEW OF PARALLAX A MICHAEL BACHOCHIN

July 9, 2020 RGN staff

Reviewed by Thyronne Millaud: Michael Bachochin, gives us a film that draws us into the lead character’s questionable grasp on reality and succeeds in making us feel her confusion and frustration of living a life with no memories or discernible purpose. Starring Naomi Prentice, Nelson Ritthaler, Hattie Smith, and Ted Gianopulos, Parallax is a science-fiction/psychological thriller […]

WIDOW OF SILENCE VIRTUAL OPENING JULY 10

July 7, 2020 RGN staff

Written and Directed by Praveen Morchhale who brings to light yet another story of the injustice suffered by many women in the Indian region of Kashmir. WIDOW OF SILENCE Opens Virtually July 10 thru LA’s Laemmle Cinemas. Muslim women whose husbands have disappeared and though they have not been officially declared dead the wives are considered half-widows […]

PROUD A 3-PART LGBT GAY RIGHTS MINI-SERIES AVAILABLE NOW

June 30, 2020 RGN staff

Reviewed by Thyronne Millaud: Proud is a three-part French miniseries that follows it’s three main characters Charles, Victor, and Diego through three decades of LGBTQ struggles, political change, and family drama, directed by Cesar Award-winning director Philippe Faucon and starring Stanislas Nordey, Samuel This, Frederic Pierrot, and Chiara Mastroianni. The story begins in the early 1980s […]