Review: Landscape With Invisible Hand Is a Quirky, Original Indie with a Believable, Intriguing Premise
I’ve seen a lot of variations on the alien invasion/occupation theme in movies over the decades, but I can’t recall one quite as bizarre and singular as writer/director Cory Finley’s […]
Review: Disney’s Haunted Mansion Gives the Beloved Theme Park Ride a Welcome New Narrative
When I was a kid, one of the first pieces of vinyl I ever owned was an audio version of Disney’s The Haunted Mansion, containing all the music, voices and […]
Review: Comedian Jo Koy Goes Personal for Easter Sunday, Complete With a Chaotic Family and Mouth-Watering Food
Fully admitting that I have no prior exposure to stand-up comic Jo Koy, I walked into what I believe is his feature debut in a starring role, Easter Sunday, a […]
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 that Anderson decided to go, well, Full Anderson. The filmmaker […]
Review: Oscar Isaac Plays a Complicated, Compelling Game in Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter
William Tell (Oscar Isaac), the central character of writer/director Paul Schrader’s latest work, The Card Counter, may seem more pulled together and in control of his actions than many of […]
Review: Staged Antics, Crude Humor and Inherent Stupidity Truly Make for a Bad Trip, Now on Netflix
I suspect that watching the latest film from Jeff Tremaine, the primary producer of both the Jackass franchise and Bad Grandpa, is going to have one of two impacts upon […]
Review: No Amount of Makeup Can Cover the Blemishes in Like A Boss
The last time director Miguel Arteta (Cedar Rapids, Chuck & Buck, The Good Girl, Youth in Revolt) and actor Selma Hayek worked together, it resulted in the defiantly under-seen Beatriz […]
Review: The Secret Life of Pets 2 Squanders a Strong Voice Cast on an Uninspired Second Story
I’ll fully admit, I haven’t revisited or even thought about the first Secret Life of Pets film since it was released three years ago. I have a vague recollection that […]
Review: A Bigger Cast, A Bit Less Heart in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
One of the most enjoyable aspects of 2014’s The Lego Movie was the big mystery behind what it was that was creating and manipulating the characters and situations. The reveal […]
Review: The Oath Is an Ideological Brawl, Part Dark Comedy, Part Thriller
I feel confident that when actor-turned-writer/director Ike Barinholtz began writing his directorial debut, The Oath, it felt like political satire wrapped in something like a science-fiction premise about a nation […]