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Review: A Bizarre Mix of Tones and Styles, Old May Frustrate But Stays Intriguing, Watchable

old

Based on the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre-Oscar Lévy and Frederick Peeters, writer/director M. Night Shyamalan’s Old is a bizarre mix of a thriller, family drama, science fiction, and psychological […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 23, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Space Jam: A New Legacy Is a Mess of IP, Flat Jokes and Cringe-Worthy Performances

    Space Jam

    I want to call everyone’s attention to one very significant fact about Space Jam: A New Legacy, and that is: it took five people to write Space Jam: A New […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 16, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Fear Street: 1666 Finally Gets to the Origins of a Generations-Long Curse, Capping a Solid Horror Trilogy

    Fear Street 1666

    Wrapping up director Leigh Janiak’s three-part horror cycle loosely based on the Fear Street books by R.L. Stine, Fear Street Part Three: 1666 begins by finally throwing us into the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 16, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV

    Review: The Boys in Red Hats Documents How a Viral Video Becomes Misunderstood

    When I was asked to review a documentary titled The Boys in Red Hats, my first thought was of that image that went viral in January 2019: a teenaged boy […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • July 16, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Isabelle Huppert Goes from Cop to Pot Dealer in French Comedy Mama Weed

    Mama Weed

    The “war on drugs” has been waged globally since the 1970s as a sort of never-ending campaign. Its combatants are many, and its casualties immeasurable. Its battlefields are city streets […]

  • Matthew Nerber
  • July 16, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: With a Killer Cast of Female Assassins, the Main Thing Lacking in Action-Packed Gunpowder Milkshake Is Heart

    Gunpowder Milkshake

    I’ll give points to the latest from Israeli director/co-writer Navot Papushado (Big Bad Wolves) for being big, loud, and splashy (mostly in hues of blood red), but I wish there […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 15, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Vulnerable, Insightful Nicolas Cage Elevates Pig Into a Meditation on Life, Work and Companionship

    Pig

    The last Nicolas Cage movie I reviewed, the early 2020 release Color Out of Space, was a treat if only because the uneven sci-fi horror film lets Cage go literally […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • July 14, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Horror Filmmaker Eli Roth Digs into the Scary Reality of the Illegal Shark Trade in Fin

    Fin

    For his latest film, horror maestro Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, the Hostel movies, The Green Inferno) has decided to explore a very different type of horror with his documentary Fin […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 14, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Loneliest Whale Charts the Scientific Research of (and Emotional Connection to) a Very Special Ocean Mammal

    The Loneliest Whale

    From writer/director Joshua Zeman (Cropsey, Netflix’s crime doc series “The Sons of Sam”) comes a nature documentary about perhaps the most famous whale on the planet. The whale is famous […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 9, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Mother Goes to Brutal, Heartbreaking Lengths to Save Her Child in Son

    Son

    There are few moments quite as exhilarating as watching a film from a relatively new director that is so well crafted that you cannot wait to see what they bring […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 9, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Fear Street: 1978 Follows the Town Curse to Camp, Where Kids Are the Unwitting Victims

    Fear Street 1978

    The second chapter in the three-film series loosely adapted (by Zak Olkewicz and director Leigh Janiak) from the Fear Street books by R.L. Stine brings things back to the early […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 8, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Black Widow Finally Gives Marvel’s Most Impressive Fighter Her Due, Plus a Compelling Backstory

    Black Widow

    Although technically the long-delayed Black Widow film is said to be the first chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Four, I find it interesting that everything Marvel has put […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 6, 2021
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