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Dispatch: Two Thrillers from Fantastic Fest Put Groups of Men, Young and Older, to the Test

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 […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 24, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Fantastic Fest Review: A Struggling Family Faces Wild Animals and Their Own Demons in Coyotes

    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 […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 21, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Fantastic Fest Review: Dakota Fanning Navigates a Torturous Gift in Thriller Vicious

    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 […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 21, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Fantastic Fest Review: Night Patrol Draws and Redraws Battle Lines in a Supernatural Gang Battle

    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 […]

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

    Review: Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor Star in Closeted Love Story of Two Men United by Music in The History of Sound

    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, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 19, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Produced by Jordan Peele, Him Fumbles So Badly It Besmirches the Filmmaker’s Name

    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 […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 19, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Glenn Close Gracefully Carries the Weight of The Summer Book

    The Summer Book is a quietly powerful film, carried by Glenn Close’s quietly powerful performance. Director Charlie McDowell also gets credit for making this a great film that weaves together […]

  • Tory Crowley
  • September 19, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Preview: Reeling 2025 Presents a Robust Selection of Films from Latin America, Spain and Portugal 

    Considering how many communities (and countries) have a bullseye on their backs thanks to the policies of the current administration, film festivals are more than ever a welcoming safe space […]

  • Alejandro Riera
  • September 18, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: With Heart and Whimsy, Kogonada’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Captures the Head-Spinning Experience of Falling in Love

    Hanging on the wall by my front door is a print called “The Big Leap” by an artist from Missouri, Carrie Shryock. I wish I could say I found it […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • September 16, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Is a Warm and Nostalgic Goodbye to a Series, Family and Grand Estate

    When it premiered on PBS in early 2011, Downton Abbey took a certain subset of American audiences—ones who enjoy period pieces, glossy soap operas and all things British—by storm. Set […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • September 12, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Long Walk Turns Stephen King’s Dystopian Tale into a Gripping March of Survival

    People paying any kind of attention to pop culture over the last 50 years know there are two different Stephen King stories: the purely narrative/non-horror tales that still may contain […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 12, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Man in My Basement Inverts Power and Money Dynamics but Squanders Much of Its Premise’s Potential

    Sometimes the metaphor screams louder than the story itself and the subtext is written bigger and bolder than the text. Such is the case with director Nadia Latif’s second film […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 12, 2025
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