Review: Diane Keaton Is Just More of the (Annoying) Same in Cliché-Ridden Mack & Rita
Up front, I completely know that it’s wrong to say this, but having just watched her latest work, Mack & Rita, I have to say once again that I have […]
Review: The Unholy, with Cheap Scares and Muddled Story, Doesn’t Live Up to Its Promising Premise
There are times when the premise of a film is far better than its execution; this is particularly true in the horror genre, where great ideas often go ridiculously off […]
Review: Two Men Put Everything on the Line in the Cat-and-Mouse Story of Silk Road
There are several films out this week about people who made a lot of money finding loopholes (usually legal, but not always) in the system and exploiting them (see also: […]
Review: Uneven Sci-Fi Thriller Synchronic Earns Points for Originality
A slick if slight thriller, Synchronic earns points for originality with its pill-based time-traveling plot and for a strong central performance from Anthony Mackie, who brings us along as he investigates […]
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: Magnificently Strange She Dies Tomorrow Channels Contagious Distress and Collective Anxiety
This is one of the more difficult reviews I’ve had to write all year for the simple fact that writer/director Amy Seimetz’s (the prolific indie actor whose previous feature was […]