NOW ON VOD! Filmmaker Laura Gabbert has stated that her documentary Food and Country was difficult to make. This is because the state of the U.S. food system, food distribution, and demand/supply is in such decline and bad condition that it…
Read moreWe were kindly invited down to London’s Design Museum to deliver our honest thoughts on The World of Tim Burton London exhibition that officially opens to the general public on October 25th. During this particular pre-opening preview for the media,…
Read moreThe Venom movies aren’t the worst comic book adaptations. They aren’t even the worst entries in the inexplicably titled Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. That doesn’t mean they’re passable by any means. Venom: The Last Dance isn’t an improvement, although it isn’t…
Read moreLonely Planet, directed by Susannah Grant and starring Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth, seeks to blend the introspective musings of a novelist and the complexities of romantic entanglement set against the enchanting backdrop of Morocco. While the premise offers intriguing…
Read moreLet's get something out of the way before we dive in to discussing Venom: The Last Dance — I am a Venom fan. When I reviewed the first Venom movie in 2018, I gave it three out of five stars,…
Read moreBefore we bore you with how mind-numbing “Venom: The Last Dance” is, let’s recall how we got here, circling this pitiful drain. Following false starts with two underperforming ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ films, Sony Pictures turned to Marvel for a hand and…
Read moreContrary to what the title might suggest, Memoir of a Snail is not a spin-off of Diary of a Worm. And while it is a stop-motion animated film, it’s also certainly not a kids' movie. So, for anyone expecting something…
Read moreIn scrawled, neat handwriting, a title card encourages those who have experienced similar traumas that the director experienced to pause and take a breath. “This has helped me many times”, Shiori Itō admits, and while she clearly feels hers is…
Read moreLife is a card game. There are the lucky ones who are dealt a great hand in life, and there are those who are dealt a losing hand from the start. Director James Khanlarian tells the tale of one unlucky…
Read moreThe third installment in Damien Leone’s Terrifier franchise, Terrifier 3, arrives with all the gore, shocks, and tension fans of the series have come to expect—but this time with a Christmas twist. Taking place during the festive season, the film…
Read moreWhen the first words of a film is someone saying “f**k you” to a dying soul in a hospital bed—my attention is aroused. Yet, the what and why of this situation, which proceeds to unfold, and what is the film…
Read moreIn Mr. Crocket, written by Carl Reid and Brandon Espy and directed by Espy, audiences are plunged into a nightmarish world where childhood innocence is corrupted by a malevolent force. With an intriguing premise centered on a demonic children’s show…
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