There’s a thematic consistency to the work of Drake Doremus. Whether it’s his breakthrough Like Crazy, his follow up Breathe In, or his later work like Equals, Newness, and so on, he explores love and romance with dramatic heft. The weight of falling in love, as well as what loving takes, has been a consistent […] More
There are action movies that strive for complexity, and then there are action movies that understand exactly what audiences came to see. The Furious falls firmly into the latter category, delivering an old-school, all-killer-no-filler martial arts spectacle packed with brutal fights, bone-crunching violence, and some of the most exhilarating action choreography you’ll see all year. […] More
When you see an actor perfectly cast in something, it can be very exciting. When that actor gives the best performance of his career so far, that’s even better. Such is the case with Marc Maron and In Memoriam, a tailor made project for his talents that he absolutely knocks out of the park. It’s […] More
I love a spoof movie. Some of my favorite comedies or all time are spoofs. Mel Brooks is my favorite comedy filmmaker. The Naked Gun is perfect cinema. Hell, the first Scary Movie is really funny. I say all of this just to establish that I’m very much the target audience for this film. Well, […] More
Almost regardless of how Backrooms turned out, the fact that it’s a professionally made film from someone as young as Kane Parsons makes it a work deserving of some praise. That it, on a visual level, is actually rather impressive, is even more worthy of praise. The thing is, as a whole production, the movie […] More
Tony Leung Chiu-wai is the best part of Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend, while its decade-spanning parallel stories aren’t as gripping as we’d hope. More
Cults fascinate us. That goes without saying. Hell, sometimes the fascination can lead to indoctrination. In the case of the “Heaven’s Gate” cult, which it’s no spoiler to say ultimately turned into a suicide cult, what the group stood for was ludicrous. So, it was the charisma of the leader in charge that sold that […] More
While I didn’t grow up obsessed with Masters of the Universe and He-Man, I certainly enjoyed the cartoon and the toys. Some people, however, have very strong feelings about the property. That led to division over the recent Kevin Smith run animated series, while the less said about the live action attempt from back in […] More
A John Carney movie follows a certain melody. Whether it’s his smallest film in breakthrough Once, his most star studded in follow up Begin Again, or his most recent work with Sing Street and Flora and Son, music plays an absolutely integral role. It’s not just to the plot, either. Carney does far more than […] More
I remember how absolutely blown away I was by Sorry to Bother You, the feature film debut from Boots Riley. It felt like some kind of new drug was given to me, and not only did I like it, I wanted to be hooked on it. Give me more! Well, Riley is back with I […] More
Two things can be true about The Mandalorian and Grogu, which returns Star Wars to cinemas for the first time in the better part of a decade. I both had a reasonably enjoyable time with this film on a surface level while also being bummed out a bit by it. Why, you ask? Well, all […] More
I truly hate being a severe outlier. Especially with a basically universally acclaimed horror title (I have a weekly horror column in Sunday Scaries, after all), it would give me nothing but pleasure to add my voice to the praise of Obsession. Unfortunately, I just did not see the same film that everyone else did. […] More
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