Frankenstein Reimagining Led By Arresting Performances
A horror film that asks the big questions surrounding life and death with a sly grin while playing out largely within the small confines of a single apartment, the Shudder original Birth/Rebirth is a prime example of why the midnight…
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Florence Pugh Is The Miracle In Netflix’s Haunting Movie
Home Movie Reviews The Wonder Review: Florence Pugh Is The Miracle In Netflix's Haunting Movie Pugh carries The Wonder when it threatens to buckle under lofty ideas that it's reticent to explore with the fervor its subject matter would call…
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The Whitney Houston Biopic Is Worth Making A Song And Dance About
Taking the stage in theaters at the tail end of 2022, the Whitney Houston biopic “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” is a crowd-pleasing homage to the life, legacy, and work of an icon who sold over 200 million records worldwide.…
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When You Finish Saving the World Review: Jesse Eisenberg’s Acidic Comedy
This review was originally part of our 2022 Sundance coverage. When You Finish Saving the World begins with Ziggy Katz (Finn Wolfhard) playing a song for his 20,000 followers. Going by the name of TheRealZiggyKatz, he sings of “two high…
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Hugh Jackman Can’t Save Florian Zeller’s Bleak Drama
This review was originally part of our coverage for the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2020, Florian Zeller released his directorial debut, The Father, a tremendously moving and powerful story about the horror of dementia and the toll that…
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The Son | Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! Florian Zeller’s The Father, from 2020, addresses the toll Alzheimer’s and dementia can have on a family. His follow-up, The Son, shines a spotlight on mental health issues in our children, particularly teens. The film is about Peter…
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Anna Gunn & Linus Roache Can’t Invite In New Resonance To This Rote Uninvited Visitor Drama
The unexpected visitor: it’s a well-loved and much-explored horror trope that’s the jumping-off point for many a terrifying tale over the years. In Alison Star Locke’s new horror thriller “The Apology,” audiences get a new version of that story bolstered…
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A Creative But Aimless Midnight Movie
All Jacked Up and Full of Worms is the combination of weird and transgressive that feels as wrong to be watching alone as it does in the company of others — it's a true midnight movie. The primary emotional responses…
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Anna Kendrick Shows a New Side of Herself
When you hear “thriller” used to describe a film, what typically comes to mind? A heist of some sort? Car chase? Murder? Maybe some screaming matches thrown in for good measure? Those are all some quick and easy ways in…
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Jennifer Lopez Brings Fun to Action-Packed Rom-Com
Home Movie Reviews ‘Shotgun Wedding’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Brings Fun to Matrimonial Chaos With Action-Packed Rom-Com 'Shotgun Wedding' might be a bit formulaic and have some pacing issues, but Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, and a great supporting cast make it…
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Damien Chazelle’s Latest Is An Overlong, Overstuffed, Derivative Mess
It feels like the skeleton key to Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” is a line late in the film, when fallen star Jack Conrad (Brad Pitt) despairs of his latest picture, “It’s shit. A giant swing at mediocrity.” One gets a sense…
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Stoned | Film Threat
The interesting thing about the low-key comedy Stoned is that the titular activity does not get the main character in trouble. Well, that is outside of some harsh words from some not-so-hip parents. Getting high is a real escape, and…
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