Shane Slater

LATEST ARTICLES ( 915 )

• REVIEW: Promising Young Woman

  

  There are some films so original and daring in their concept and execution, that it takes a while process what you've just seen. Emerald Fennell's "Promising... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Nomadland

  

  Much ado has been made over the past decade about the supposed neglect of Middle America - or more condescendingly, "real America" - by the "coastal elites"... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Minari

  

  With his duly award-winning new feature "Minari", filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung has delivered one of 2020's quintessentially American stories. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

  

  "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" a stunning play now adapted for the big screen by director George C. Wolfe would be nothing without the profound words of playwright... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: The Trial of the Chicago 7

  

  Ever since its 1990s heyday of John Grisham adaptations, pure courtroom dramas have largely fallen out of favor within pop culture. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Dick Johnson is Dead

  

  The COVID-19 pandemic is never mentioned in "Dick Johnson is Dead", the latest documentary from cinematographer-turned-director Kirsten Johnson. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Mulan

  

  There's a common saying that you don't know what you have until it's gone. And during this historic COVID-19 pandemic, that sentiment has proven true with the... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Epicentro

  

  If you asked a random sample of individuals to define a utopia, you'd probably get an array of differing opinions. Indeed, the means to achieving this elusive... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Top 10 TV Programs of 2019-2020

  

  There's no denying that this is a cynical time in America. And as is often said, life imitates art (and vice versa). It seems appropriate then, that this... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Top 10 Acting Performances of 2019-2020 TV

  

  Best Casting: Big Little Lies, Mrs. America, The Good PlaceIn a prime showcase of how the TV industry is slowly beginning to reflect the diversity of society,... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Da 5 Bloods

  

  Arriving at an opportune time in the midst of social unrest surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, Spike Lee's "Da 5 Bloods" is yet another emphatic... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: The High Note

  

  In a key scene in Nisha Ganatra's "The High Note", the lead character Grace Davis (Tracee Ellis Ross) explains to her assistant (Dakota Johnson) the uphill... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Pieces of Us: The Best Films of the 2010s

  

  As I write this, a new decade is proceeding under inauspicious circumstances, as a deadly pandemic has enforced drastic measures such as social distancing and... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• And the Oscar Goes To... Parasite!

  

  History has been made! At the end of an incredible Oscar ceremony, it was Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite" which took home Best Picture, thereby becoming the first... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of 2019: Top 10 Films of the Year

  

  With the Academy Awards ceremony just moments away, it feels like an appropriate time to finally sound off on my personal faves of the year 2019. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Watch: 1917

  

  With dozens of films dedicated to the subject, every announcement of a WWI comes with a feeling of "been there, done that." But in the ambitious hands of... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of 2019: Top 20 Acting Performances

  

  During the days of classic Hollywood and the peak of the studio system, great acting was often showcased through star vehicles - films crafted around the person... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of 2019: Top 10 Foreign Language Films

  

  When Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” dominated the awards circuit in 2018, it represented a rare instance of non-English cinema taking the spotlight. Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of 2019: Top 10 Documentaries

  

  A daring mission to the spoon, a nerve-wracking war story, a devious political conspiracy. For mainstream audiences, these premises bring to mind some of the... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: SAG Predictions

  

  With the Critics Choice and Golden Globe Awards agreeing on their acting winners, I expect more of the same tomorrow at the SAG Awards. Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES