Review: Certainly Not Boring, Unhinged Is Predictable and Morally Gross
Well that was unpleasant. The first two names that jumped out at me when looking into the specifics of the new film starring Russell Crowe were writer Carl Ellsworth (the […]
Review: Art Imitates Life Imitates Art in Comic Book Serial Killer Thriller Random Acts of Violence
For most of my adult life (and even for a couple years before then), I found myself defending horror movies as being something that reflected violence (and quite often misogyny) […]
Review: Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies Chronicles Decades of Defrocking On Screen
One of the busiest directors of 2020 has got to be documentary filmmaker Danny Wolf, who has already released the highly enjoyable, three-part doc series Time Warp: The Greatest Cult […]
Interview: Noah Segan on Collaborating with Rian Johnson, Blending Westerns and Horror, and His Role in the Knives Out Sequel
Actor Noah Segan is likely best known of late for playing the fanboy-ish investigator Trooper Wagner in writer/director Rian Johnson’s exceedingly popular and joyously fun Knives Out from last year. And […]
Review: Sputnik Delivers a Smart and Scary Night at the Movies
When it comes to Russian horror films, I don’t exactly have a deep expertise. Thankfully, such a viewing history isn’t required to get a thrill out of Sputnik, the latest […]
Review: Political Doc Represent Finds its Strength in its Tight Focus
In 2002, a lot of documentaries about 9/11 were released. In 2009, it was economics and the recession. 2020 is proving to be the year of the political documentary, as […]
Review: Fascinating Boys State Makes Politicians of Teens in a Summer Camp for Future Leaders
There’s a moment not too long into Boys State, the Sundance Grand Jury award-winning documentary about the annual mock-government conference for Texas high schoolers run by the American Legion now streaming […]
See Christopher Nolan’s Monumental Inception from the Country’s Only 70mm Print, Only at Music Box Theatre
The last film I saw in movie theaters before the shutdown order was Hello, Dolly! in glorious 70mm at Music Box Theatre. Arguably not Barbra Streisand’s most critically acclaimed work, it’s […]
Review: Despite a Promising Start, Murder Mystery The Silencing Fizzles Out
The first half of the latest film from Belgian-born director Robin Pront, The Silencing, is quite good, due largely to the fact that it feels like the beginning, middle and […]
Review: Project Power Brings as Much Action as Nonsense, and Both Entertain
Having gone for more than a year without a new Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and with the last two DC comics-based films being based on villains (Joker and Birds of […]
Interview: Filmmaker Amy Seimetz on the Absurdity of Life, the Appeal of the Unknown and Kate Lyn Sheil’s Performance in She Dies Tomorrow
Filmmaker Amy Seimetz is perhaps best know for being one of the few actors to walk comfortably on both sides of the line that separates micro-budget indie works and bigger-budget […]
Review: The Family Drama of Made in Italy Gets Lost in Its Scenic Setting
Admittedly, the prospect of watching a film starring Liam Neeson and his real-life son, Michael Richardson (whose mother, Natasha Richardson, died in 2009) as an estranged father and grown son […]