Based on the 2002 documentary of the same name, The Smashing Machine does something different in the sports-movie genre by simply dropping us in the middle of the life of […]
Based on the wildly popular Netflix series created by some of the creators of Blue’s Clues back in 2021, Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie is an extension of the show that […]
In any other action movie, the emphasis on a revolutionary would be on his/her glory days of radical acts, like blowing up buildings, freeing political prisoners, etc. But in writer/director […]
June Squibb is having a moment. At 95 years old and with an acting resume that dates back to the mid-1980s, the longtime character actor is finally becoming a leading […]
In what could easily have been an entry-level thriller set in a frigid climate, the filmmakers behind Dead of Winter did an astonishing thing and hired Emma Thompson to play […]
In something that is more of an interesting experiment than an actual event worth celebrating, director Renny Harlin and screenwriters Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freeland announced they were taking […]
Beast of War Shockingly enough, there are still a few fresh takes on the killer shark story, and the Australian film Beast of War gives us one of the stronger […]
The latest from director Colin Minihan (Grave Encounters, What Keeps You Alive) is the brisk, sometimes truly scary Coyotes, which finds ways to be funny and gross, as well as […]
In one of the best opening sequences of the year, a clearly broken young woman named Polly (Dakota Fanning) listens to series of voice messages from people who are all […]
Every once in a while, I’m reminded how fun it is to walk into a movie knowing absolutely nothing about it. Specifically, I walked into my first 2025 Fantastic Fest […]
Too often in love stories, we are told two people are in love but we’re not shown whatever that inherent thing is that pulls them together. As in real life, […]
Produced by Oscar-winner Jordan Peele (so much so that some people thought he directed this one) and directed/co-written by up-and-comer Justin Tipping (Kicks), Him is either the extreme version of […]