Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Is a Fast-Paced Sequel with Stunning Animation and a Star-Studded Voice Cast
To many, the 2018 animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the finest of all Spider-Man movies (and there are many…
Interview: Father and Son Sebastian and Salvo Maniscalco on Making About My Father, Meeting “Bob” De Niro and the Chicago Work Ethic
Sometime during 2006, I was asked to moderate a couple Q&A screenings of the documentary Wild West Comedy Show: 30…
Interview: Filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh on Making Kandahar with Gerard Butler, War Movies as Character Studies and a Greenland Sequel
Director Ric Roman Waugh had nearly 50 projects under his belt as a stuntman and stunt coordinator before turning to…
Recap: Succession (S4, Ep9) — Penultimate Episode Explores the Siblings’ Feelings, Sets up the Endgame
When Kendall (Jeremy Strong) gets up to speak at his father’s funeral in “Church and State,” there’s a sense that…
Review: In Reality, Sidney Sweeney Brings a Real-Life Interrogation to Captivating, Suspenseful Film Experience
Coming into the new HBO production Reality, I had virtually no idea what this tense little slice of reality was…
Recap: White House Plumbers (S1 Ep3) — Fun Yet Unfocused Episode Finally Gets Around to Watergate
Will the leading men of White House Plumbers ever catch a break? After two episodes of buildup, the infamous Watergate…
Review: Family Comedy About My Father Works Best When It Doesn’t Try Quite So Hard to Be Funny
While the new film starring and co-written by stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco, About My Father, is a decidedly average autobiographical…
Review: Kandahar Is Less Action Pic, More a Statement on the Futility of War
The third film from the director-actor combo of Ric Roman Waugh and Gerard Butler (Angel Has Fallen, Greenland) is a…
Review: In Its Latest Live-Action Adaptation, Disney Drains The Little Mermaid of All Its Magic, Charm
The 1989 animated feature film The Little Mermaid ushered in a new golden era of Disney’s storied animation legacy. A…
Review: With a Compelling Central Performance, Influencer Makes the Instagram Life a Dangerous Career Choice
In ways that probably won’t make any sense unless you actually see Influencer, the new film by director Kurtis David…
Review: Exorcism in Utero Plays Its Horror, Comedy Too Silly to Be Truly Scary
Marking his feature film debut, writer/director Erik Skybak brings us the tantalizingly titled Exorcism In Utero, about Herma Frigg (Sam…
Review: The Fire That Took Her Is a True-Crime Documentary Meant to Enrage and Inspire
This is a documentary you won’t soon forget, and that’s exactly the point. Filmmaker Patricia E. Gillespie (The Devil You…
