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Interview: The Gorge Filmmaker Goes Long on Creating Monsters, What he Learned from James Cameron and Teases The Black Phone 2

Filmmaker Scott Derrickson is something of a oddity in the movie-making world. He doesn’t seem to make movies with the intent of earning loads of money from them. I’m sure […]

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

    Review: Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy Star in The Gorge That’s Part Sci-Fi, Thriller, Creature-Feature and More

    Director Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Black Phone, Doctor Strange) is an established force in the horror space, but you always hope a filmmaker has aspirations in other genres as well. Well, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 13, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Furiosa Accomplishes a Rare Feat, Delivering an Action-Packed Epic and Compelling Origin Story

    I’m often skeptical of prequels that reveal what is essentially the origin story of a major character. Horror franchises attempt this a lot, and it almost never works. Knowing where […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 24, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Super Mario Bros. Movie Features All the Characters, Set Pieces of the Storied Game, Just None of the Actual Story

    And I thought I was a little bit lost during the recent Dungeons & Dragons movie. I don’t live under a rock, so I know a little something about the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 5, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Like the Restaurant Culture it Aims to Skewer, The Menu Is More Style than Substance

    I haven’t been lucky enough to manage a seat at Alinea, Chicago’s only three-star Michelin restaurant, but friends who’ve been still talk about the experience years later. They remember the […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • November 18, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV

    Review: The Northman Is Visceral, Brutal Filmmaking with the Budget to Prove It

    Gritty, bloody, visceral and front-loaded with a need for vengeance, the latest work from writer/director Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse) is so immersive and authentic, you’ll feel the muck […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 18, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Fantasy and Reality Collide in Edgar Wright’s Intriguing, Haunting Last Night in Soho

    Last Night in Soho

    Taking a walk down a decidedly darker path than he has in the past, director/co-writer Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho alternates between the swinging days of London in the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 28, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Bad Boys Will Be Bad Boys in Well-Acted but Messy, Muddy Here Are the Young Men

    Here Are the Young Men

    It could be a sign of aging on my part, but I seem to have lost my patience for films about young people running around causing general mayhem and screwing […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 28, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Marie Curie’s Life in Science Is Less Than Illuminating in Radioactive

    Radioactive

    If there ever was the perfect match of filmmaker and source material, having Marjane Satrapi (who adapted and directed her own graphic novel about growing up in Iran, Persepolis) direct […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 24, 2020
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: An Austen Heroine for a New Generation in Pretty, Pastel Emma.

    Emma

    Nearly every scene in Emma., the latest adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel about a selfish young woman who sees the error of her meddling ways, looks as if it would be […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • February 27, 2020
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Scares Grow Tiresome in Marrowbone

    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 […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 13, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Thoroughbreds Introduces the Wealthy, Privileged…and Murderous

    Thoroughbreds

    From first-time writer-director Cory Finley comes a unique brand of horror film that isn’t about scares or bodycounts. Thoroughbreds is about the creeping tension that accompanies a murder so meticulously […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 8, 2018
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