Review: Seven Filmmakers Create One Whole, Multi-Dimensional Character in The Seven Faces of Jane
From the opening titles of The Seven Faces of Jane: “In the summer of 2021, eight filmmakers were invited to…
Review: Chris Pine Gets Intense as a Mercenary Trying to Solve a Mystery in The Contractor
Taking a crack at a bare-bones action-thriller B-movie, Chris Pine (Star Trek, Wonder Woman) plays Special Forces Sgt. James Harper…
Review: Fear Street: 1666 Finally Gets to the Origins of a Generations-Long Curse, Capping a Solid Horror Trilogy
Wrapping up director Leigh Janiak’s three-part horror cycle loosely based on the Fear Street books by R.L. Stine, Fear Street…
Review: Fear Street: 1978 Follows the Town Curse to Camp, Where Kids Are the Unwitting Victims
The second chapter in the three-film series loosely adapted (by Zak Olkewicz and director Leigh Janiak) from the Fear Street…
Review: A Good—Not Great—Horror Debut in Effectively Scary Come Play
An expanded version of writer/director Jacob Chase’s effective short Larry, Come Play centers on a young autistic boy named Oliver…
Review: I Used to Go Here, Another Insightful, Female-Centric Narrative from Chicago Filmmaker Kris Rey
The last we saw Kris Rey as writer/director (she had a small on-screen role in Damien Chazelle’s First Man last…
