Sometimes, a movie doesn’t have to be great to be watchable; sometimes, just having a highly likable cast of actors that I genuinely adore is enough to get me through a film […]
Review: A Strong Cast and Subtle Charm Work for Krystal
Review: An Ordinary Man Explores Life After War Crimes
Brad Silberling is a man with many job titles. He’s been a television producer and director for quite a number of years, while occasionally dipping his toe into the world of writing […]
Review: The Scares Grow Tiresome in Marrowbone
Having just appeared in the darkest of dark comedies, Thoroughbreds, as well as such works as The Witch and Split, actor Anya Taylor-Joy is one of the more reliable new faces in films […]
Review: A Family’s Wine Roots Explored in Back to Burgundy
After a succession of high-energy, dialogue-heavy comedies such as L’Auberge Espagnole, Russian Dolls, Chinese Puzzle, and When the Cat’s Away, writer/director Cédric Klapisch returns with something a bit more easy going and […]
Review: Harrowing and Intense, Brace Yourself for You Were Never Really Here
The latest from writer/director Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher, We Need To Talk About Kevin), You Were Never Really Here is about a lot of things for such a seemingly single-minded, unspeakably brutal account of […]
Review: Connection, Kinship at the Heart of Achingly Moving Lean on Pete
I walked into the latest from director Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 Years) knowing absolutely nothing about it beyond the title, Lean On Pete. As someone who sees anywhere between 450-475 films per […]
Review: Desperate to Scare, Truth or Dare Loses at Its Own Game
You should fully expect to see “from the producers who brought you Get Out” in front of a lot of not-nearly-as-good horror films over the next year or two, beginning with Blumhouse’s […]
Review: Chicago Takes a Beating in Entertaining, Pointless Rampage
It’s been since 2011’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon that Chicago has taken a epic-sized, big-budgeted walloping the way it does in the video game-inspired Rampage. But something curious happened while sitting […]
Review: Jon Hamm as an Ex-Diplomat in Tense, Focused Beirut
I’ll fully admit that for decades, I have been a sucker for thrillers steeped in real-world political intrigue, whether the events at the heart of the story being told are pulled from […]
Interview: Imelda Staunton on Never Repeating the Same Role, Harry Potter Fans and Working with Old Friends
Imelda Staunton is one of the single greatest and most versatile actors working today, but you might not realize it unless you’ve been exposed to her work on the big and little […]
Interview: Richard Loncraine on Aging, Career Longevity and the Dancing in Finding Your Feet
Across several decades of film and television directing, primarily out of the U.K., Richard Loncraine has built up an impressive body of work that covers both comedy, drama, and everything in between, […]
Review: A Quiet Place Embraces Its Genre, and Masters It
John Krasinski (who you most likely know as Jim from The Office) has directed three features films: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men in 2009; The Hollars in 2016; and now A Quiet […]