Is God Is

5/17/2026

When movie rating aggregation sites give a film high marks, one should expect that the picture delivers the goods (after all, those grades don’t spontaneously materialize out of thin air). But there are times when a vastly overrated release inexplicably (and undeservedly) gets good grades that leave one perplexed. Such is the case with the debut feature from writer-director Aleshea Harris in this adaptation of her award-winning play of the same name (2018). This unfocused, often-highly repulsive revenge thriller/road trip title with a modern-day Western vibe and Afro punk styling starts out reasonably well but degenerates about midway into the film and never recovers (I couldn’t wait to leave the theater). The film tells the story of twin sisters Racine, the rough one (Kara Young), and Ana

6/4/2026

Once every few years, there comes a movie that you know - you KNOW - is gonna be a genre-defining cult classic that critics (and devout fans) are gonna talk about for years and years to come. ‘Is God Is’ is one such movie. When someone recommended it to me and I watched the trailer, I knew I was gonna love it, but I didn't know that it would, in its own right, turn out to be a masterpiece. The blend of mystery, comedy, symbolism, horror, thrill, and social commentary that Aleshea Harris (writer, director) managed to create here is so perfectly balanced and timed that it's almost impossible to believe that this was Harris' directorial debut. This, of course, is immensely helped by the fact that Kara Young and Mallory Johnson give award-worthy performances as struggling twin sisters Racine a

6/11/2026

A really dumb movie that is aimed directly at an extremely dumb demographic. For some reason there is a small minority of people who are clapping like seals for this movie. Hmm I wonder why they are pretending to like this movie? Yup.