Filmmaker Taika Waititi has taken some wild swings in his career, from his vampire-centric faux documentary What We Do in the Shadows and the charming Hunt for the Wilderpeople to two Thor movies (one great, one not so much) and…
I’ve always had a soft spot for the Trolls movies because of the music, and because Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake have such winning personalities to go along with their great singing voices, that it’s difficult not to get caught…
Setting a Thanksgiving-themed slasher movie in Plymouth, Massachusetts, may be a bit obvious, but it certainly wouldn’t be the only element of director/co-writer Eli (Hostel, Cabin Fever) Roth’s Thanksgiving that is squarely on the nose. Based on Roth’s faux trailer…
By all accounts, the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games prequel novel The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is a fairly faithful one, so if that’s all you care about, prepare to be dazzled. The rest of you are…
Exploring the worlds of dreams and nightmares, as well as providing an insightful glimpse into the phenomenon of fame for being famous, Norwegian-born writer/director Kristoffer Borgli (Sick of Myself) has reconstructed the hilarious and haunting Dream Scenario. In it, Nicolas…
Part coming-of-age story, part behind-the-scenes of the Harry Potter movies, and part inspirational tale about living with persistent adversity, David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived tells the story of a teenage gymnast who wanted to be a stuntman from an…
Norwegian-born writer/director Kristoffer Borgli is having a a hell of a year. Earlier in the year, his 2022 feature, Sick of Myself, finally made it stateside to great reviews, and now his newest work, Dream Scenario, starring Nicolas Cage, has…
Directed by Rob Reiner (When Harry Met Sally, This is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride), Albert Brooks: Defending My Life is quite simply the best kind of celebrity biographical documentary there is, because it’s made by someone who has known…
I’ll fully admit that when I sat down to watch the new horror offering from director Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls; the screen story for Five Nights at Freddy’s), I hadn’t really considered the title of the film, beyond it being…
I was constantly torn apart by the Captain Marvel sequel The Marvels, this time directed by up-and-comer Nia DaCosta (Little Woods, the recent Candyman revival). Just as I was getting into the groove of its female-driven narrative—in which Carol Danvers…
The professional assassin who stands at the center of director David Fincher’s latest, The Killer, is never given a name, and I’m guessing that’s exactly how the character (played to icy perfection by Michael Fassbender, marking his first onscreen appearance…
Based on the successful book by Karen Dionne and directed by Neil Burger (Divergent, Limitless, The Illusionist), The Marsh King’s Daughter is a mildly gripping thriller about Helena (Daisy Ridley), who has spent her entire teen years and adult life…
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