Armed bank robberies are some of the most fascinating crime stories in film and television. Specifically, ones in which no victims are hurt always draw in national viewership and intrigue. Canada’s “Flying Bandit,” for example, was known as the infamous…
Read moreHuman beings are in an uncomfortable position in the cosmos. Our sensorial apparatus is incapable of seeing or hearing everything that happens around us, while our nervous system can only process a limited amount of information. Yet, we are pattern-seeking…
Read moreHalloween (1978) has a perfect credits sequence for a film centered around that holiday. It also has a chilling first scene, as the jack-o’-lantern segues into a first-person perspective of someone spying on Judith Myers and her boyfriend on Halloween…
Read moreWe were sent a screener to bring you this Jeepers Creepers Reborn review but I kind of wish they didn’t! Chase and Laine head to the Horror Hound Festival, where Laine begins to experience unexplained premonitions and disturbing visions associated…
Read moreWriter-director Ryan Braund’s Absolute Denial is a hand-drawn showcase of cinema that proves to be a rousing look at A.I., computers, loneliness, genius, and madness. An obsessive computer programmer named David (Nick Eriksen) attempts to make something of himself by developing an…
Read moreIf the world will be free of problems, paradise will lose its value. But the world won’t ever be free of problems because as night falls, he transforms! The legend tells the tale of the Big Bad Wolf and seven…
Read moreThe original Knives Out took everything we know about whodunit stories and subverted our expectations. Glass Onion plays with our knowledge of the previous film, catching us off guard in new, thrilling ways. While still A Knives Out Mystery, Glass…
Read more#MeToo has done a lot of good for culture in the five years since the movement’s birth. But there’s bad to take with that good, too, like the endless and awkward sloganeering that commodified the cause as a series of…
Read moreFew moments in history seem to be covered as extensively on screen as World War II. It feels like nearly every aspect of this wide-ranging, devastating event has earned its own movie. In the case of Morgan Matthews' Railway Children,…
Read moreThis review was originally part of our 2022 Toronto International Film Festival coverage. There is something delightful about stop-motion animation that you won’t find anywhere else. It is not just that every frame is the result of countless hours that…
Read moreThis review was originally published as part of our Sundance 2022 coverage. Call Jane casually opens in a posh Chicago hotel as Joy (Elizabeth Banks) meanders through the lobby, past the live music of the dining room that intentionally clashes…
Read moreIf watching the most awkward date on the planet for 80 minutes is your cup of tea then you’re going to love this! We bring you our House of Darkness review. After meeting at a local bar, a man accompanies…
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