When I first sat down to watch Misericordia, I naively assumed that it would avoid the cliché hallmarks of French films: sex, death, existential angst. I was wrong, of course, […]
Between Borders, directed by Mark Freiburger, is inspired by the true story of the Petrosyan family as they seek refugee status in the United States following the fall of the […]
This is a repost of a review originally published in 2023. Actor Jonathan Majors is about to have a substantial year. In addition to beginning his reign of multiverse-jumping terror […]
A remake of the 2019 Argentinian thriller 4×4 (and now adapted by Michael Arlen Ross), Locked tells the very stripped-down story of down-on-his-luck petty criminal Eddie (Bill Skarsgård) trying to […]
Playing more like a greatest hits package of sci-fit/action/horror movies of years past, and less like the trippy, brain-bending story it thinks it is, Ash comes courtesy of director/composer/actor Flying […]
In the pantheon of Disney characters, the only one as iconic and enduring as the Mouse of the House himself is perhaps Snow White, the fabled parent-less princess and star […]
Opus is the story of a young writer named Ariel (Ayo Edebiri), who works at a music publication but is largely considered the most junior staffer at the magazine. She […]
Eephus is a film about an amateur baseball game played languidly over several hours at Soldiers Field, a treasured old baseball field in small town Massachusetts. The film is named for […]
In terms of actual box office dollars, brothers and directors Anthony and Joe Russo have to be the most successful filmmaking team in history, with such hits as Captain America: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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), […]