Review: Nicolas Cage Stars in Thinly Written, Slightly Charming Western The Old Way
Admittedly, I’m a sucker for a Western, even if it’s a half-assed attempt at one using all the tropes that…
Review: Nic Cage as Nick Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Is Hero Worship in the Best Way
One of the best things about The French Dispatch, the latest quirky drama from filmmaker Wes Anderson, was the fact…
Interview: Settlers‘ Sofia Boutella on Imagining Life on Mars, the Choreography of Fight Scenes and What Madonna Taught Her
Algerian-born actress Sofia Boutella has had many occupations in her nearly 20-year career. After years of training in nearly every…
Review: A Vulnerable, Insightful Nicolas Cage Elevates Pig Into a Meditation on Life, Work and Companionship
The last Nicolas Cage movie I reviewed, the early 2020 release Color Out of Space, was a treat if only…
Review: Unremarkable Storytelling of The Croods: A New Age is Elevated by a Funny, Energetic Cast
The Croods movies were always a little smarter than they let on, probably because the characters themselves are meant to…
Review: Jiu Jitsu Is “Action Trash,” and That’s Not Necessarily a Bad Thing
The latest martial arts mess from director Dimitri Logothetis (Kickboxer: Retaliation; Wings of the Dragon) answers a question I have…
Interview: Andrea Riseborough on Connection Through Brutal Annihilation, Working with Auteur Directors and Possessor‘s Psychological Anxieties
In recent years, British actress Andrea Riseborough has been absolutely dominating the world of genre filmmaking, while also making a…
Review: Don’t Think, Don’t Question, Just Embrace the Weird of Color Out of Space
If all you seek out of your movie-going experiences is a freaky technicolor narrative that features Nicolas Cage going full-tilt…
Review: Mandy, Soaked in Blood, a Contorted, Awful Version of the World
Chaos bathed in menacing, colorful light, featuring a lead performer who spends much of the film’s two-hour running time soaked…
Film Review: Mom and Dad Is Exactly the Nicolas Cage Crazy We Deserve
For any parent who has ever had the fleeting thought “I want to murder my kids,” have I got a…
Pencil This In: Wicker Park’s Nicolas Cage Film Series Starts Tonight
Wicker Park may be continuing its inevitable path towards total gentrification, but some residents are trying their very best to…
