Amazon Prime has delivered some stinkers over the years but Saltburn might just trump the rest. A film that pretends it’s smarter than its viewers every step of the way as some Downtown Abbey dress down to sickening levels for…
Read moreThe Big Picture In The Good Doctor 's final season, Shaun's fatherhood creates moments of character growth in both his personal and professional lives. Episode 1's surgery hints at more complex medical procedures to come before the series ends. Outstanding…
Read morePlayers, a romantic comedy helmed by Trish Sie and penned by Whit Anderson, had the potential to score big with its lineup of notable talents such as Gina Rodriguez, Damon Wayans Jr., and Tom Ellis. Unfortunately, despite its all-star cast…
Read moreIt’s hard to come up with a fresh concept when vampires are involved. Filmmakers Leland Montgomery and Michael Basha find their in with Black Cat in a Dark Room. Our vampires are Bev, Florence, and Pauline. The trio are inconspicuously…
Read moreThe Zone of Interest is a portrait of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss (Christian Friedel) based on Martin Amis’s novel of the same name. Amis’s novel substituted the real Hoss and his family for the thinly fictionalized dolls. Still, Glazer has…
Read moreEditor's note: The below contains spoilers for the True Detective: Night Country finale. The Big Picture Episode 6 of True Detective: Night Country features beautifully shot scenes and a touching, but deceivingly sad, conclusion to Navarro's journey of self-discovery. The…
Read moreJen Hogue and Rob Underhill’s short film, A Swan’s Song, brings awareness to how bipolar disorder can affect our lives and those we love. Our tale opens with Julie (Jen Hogue) unable to get out of bed. Her sister, Katie…
Read moreSANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEW! Marcela Heilbron’s fantasy short, Panadrilo, is an odd story of the faith of one’s family to one day reunite…no matter what. Our tale opens at a public zoo, where patrons watch a crocodile…
Read moreNOW IN THEATERS! The face that has spilled a thousand bongs finally hits the big screen in director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s crowd-pleaser Bob Marley: One Love. It opened in Jamaica in 1976. Bob Marley (Kingsley Ben-Adir) is planning a giant…
Read moreSANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEW! No matter how hard we fight it, human beings are social creatures. We need human contact in one form or another. In Kanin Guntzelman’s short film, Two Cents & A Footlong, Lenny (Saul…
Read more“Made in China” A simple phrase we see stamped on the bottom of plastic toys, welded into heavy machinery, and, of course, adorning the tags of our clothing. The phrase might get a rise out of a politician or an…
Read moreSal (Gael García Bernal) exists in a limbo — not the religious notion of a space between life and death, but a nonspace. He lives in a large apartment but appears to have no job or vocation. The sprawling metropolis…
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