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Review: A Bit of a Mess of a Movie, Borderline Follows a Celebrity, Her Stalker and the Men Protecting Her

When is stalking a celebrity funny? The right answer is “never,” but writer/director Jimmy Warden (who scripted Cocaine Bear) tries his damndest to convince us otherwise with Borderline, in which […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 14, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Jack Quaid is Just Naive Enough in Novocaine, a Slight but Action-Packed RomCom

    The concept of having an action movie featuring a lead character who can feel no pain (thanks to a genetic condition) has a great deal of potential, especially when said […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 14, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Steven Soderbergh Crafts a Spy Thriller with Relationship Drama and a Dash of Comedy in Black Bag

    Early in Black Bag, the latest from director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter David Koepp (who together made this year’s fantastic ghost story Presence, as well as the 2022 thriller Kimi), […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 14, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Delves into Trauma, Family Connection Following a Mysterious Death

    If film is a preferred medium for transporting us to places and circumstances we might not otherwise experience, Rungano Nyoni’s deeply affecting (to nearly the point of put-off-ish-ness) On Becoming […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • March 7, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Based on a George R.R. Martin Short Story, In the Lost Lands Loses Its Own Way, and Its Audience

    Based on a 1982 short story by Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin, In the Lost Lands marks the latest collaboration between director/co-writer Paul W.S. Anderson (most of the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 7, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Robert Pattinson Stars as Multiple Versions of Himself in Bong Joon Ho’s Well-Cast Satire Mickey 17

    As wild as filmmaker Bong Joon Ho can get with films like Snowpiercer and The Host, it feels like he’s best known for his slightly more contemplative works, such as […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 7, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Based on a True Story, Last Breath Builds Tension and Good Will as Ordinary Men Attempt the Extraordinary

    Based on the 2019 documentary of the same name, Last Breath (directed by Alex Parkinson, who co-directed the doc with Richard da Costa) tells the remarkable story of a trio […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 28, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: My Dead Friend Zoe Navigates Grief and Family Ties with Humor and Heart

    It uses a strange but fairly effective film device to tell the story of a young Army veteran’s struggle with PTSD; My Dead Friend Zoe could be looked at as […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 26, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Riff Raff Draws on a Stacked Ensemble Cast including Ed Harris, Bill Murray and Jennifer Coolidge, for an Action Pic with Family Drama

    Filmmaker Dito Montiel has always worked on the outskirts of Hollywood yet has still found a way to pull together impressive casts for his humanistic stories, often about those living […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 26, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Interview

    Interview: Chicago-Made Filmspotting to Fulfill a 20-Year Dream With This Weekend’s Filmspotting Fest

    “A force for good in the universe.” This was filmmaker Rian Johnson’s decree on Filmspotting, Chicago’s premier movie talk show of the century. Born as Cinecast in 2005, just months […]

  • Anthony Miglieri
  • February 26, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: The Gorge Filmmaker Goes Long on Creating Monsters, What he Learned from James Cameron and Teases The Black Phone 2

    Filmmaker Scott Derrickson is something of a oddity in the movie-making world. He doesn’t seem to make movies with the intent of earning loads of money from them. I’m sure […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 21, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Old Guy Is a Buddy Story for Hitmen Featuring a Cast Worth Watching

    Much like this week’s Cleaner, Old Guy is yet another film helmed by a once high-profile action director. This time, Simon West (Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Expendables […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 21, 2025
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