The opening credits of The Invite, Olivia Wilde’s latest directing effort, acknowledge that the film is based on Cesc Gay’s 2020 dark comedy Sentimental (or “The People Upstairs”). That original […]
If the folks at Pixar can keep making Toy Story movies that are as great as all five have been so far, then I’m willing to believe there is hope […]
The Book of Leviticus in the Bible provides fodder for horror and noir writers and filmmakers alike. Of the 14 laws it sets down, 11 end up with the death […]
Full transparency: before seeing this film, I knew nothing of the hit 2015 song, the accompanying music video, or the 2023 book Girls Like Girls, all of which were the […]
Anyone going into The Death of Robin Hood expecting a traditional telling of the Robin Hood legend is in for the rudest of awakenings. If anything, the latest from writer/director […]
Kenji Tanigaki is a Japanese-born stuntman, stunt coordinator, fight coordinator, and director whose latest work, The Furious, might be the greatest action movie in the last 20 years. After training […]
War movies that come out “too soon” are at the mercy of an understandably tender and sore audience. In turn, the genre’s greats are often poorly received during their initial […]
I’ve often said that someone being disappointed by a film because it doesn’t meet the expectations you had of it going in isn’t the fault of the film; it’s your […]
This article was written by Lauren Weiner. Wetiko is a beautiful movie. Its visual allure comes from the sinister yet whimsical filmmaking. At some uncertain point in the narrative, you […]
Writer, director, cinematographer, editor, and producer Adam Carter Rehmeier first got no small amount of recognition for his divisive 2011 horror film The Bunny Game, about a prostitute searching for […]
What separates the music documentaries directed by producer and Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Summer of Soul; Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius); Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years […]
Based on the Mattel toys and 1980s animated series, this current Masters of the Universe film is the second live-action adaptation of this material, following the 1987 version starring Dolph […]