Category: Featured
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Sundance Review: ‘In The Earth’
Ben Wheatley’s Pandemic Horror Gets Lost In The Woods
I know there will be people who absolutely love Ben Wheatley’s hallucinogenic, pandemic horror In the Earth. It’s a return to his genre roots after his luxurious Rebecca remake, and blockbuster flirtation with a Tomb Raider sequel. But this messy, woodland thriller set after multiple waves of a viral outbreak can’t sustain itself beyond the…
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Sundance Review: ‘How It Ends’
Zoe Lister-Jones And A Starry Cast Seek Closure At The End Of The World
The calmest end-of-the-world catastrophe film you’re likely to find, Zoe Lister-Jones and Daryl Wein’s How it Ends follows in the same tragi-funny footsteps of Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. The long and short? It’s never too late for self-improvement and closure, even on the streets of Los Angeles on the final…
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Sundance Review: ‘Cryptozoo’
Dash Shaw’s Bizarre Animated Adventure Is ‘Fantastic Beasts’ For The Adult Swim Audience
It’s the 1960s, and sketchily-drawn hippies Amber (voiced by Louisa Krause) and Matthew (Michael Cera) abscond into the woods for a night of blissed-out lovemaking under the stars, only to discover a miles-high fence separating them from a place of fantastical creatures of lore. The high-as-a-kite pair are on the same wavelength most will want…
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Review: ‘Haymaker’
A Fighting Romantic Drama That Fails To Pack A Punch
Nick (Nick Sasso) is a retired Muay Thai fighter who used to be a force in the ring in Haymaker. Now he has hung up the gloves and works security at a club. One evening, Nick is luckily in the right place at the right time. Nomi (Nomi Ruiz), who preformed at the club that…
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Sundance Review: ‘Summer Of Soul’
Questlove’s Directorial Debut Is A Mixtape Tribute To Black Pride And Excellence
It’s almost unfathomable that something as truly, viscerally alive as the Harlem Cultural Festival could be locked, buried in a basement, for more than fifty years. A rhythmic rainbow of sounds and colors, fueled by the percussive energy of the 1969 civil rights movement and the assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and more,…
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Sundance Review: ‘CODA’
Emilia Jones Sings Her Heart Out In A Crowd-Pleaser About A Hearing Child In A Deaf Family
CODA is the kind of heartwarming crowdpleaser that Opening Night at Sundance is made for. However, this coming-of-age dramedy about an anxious teen girl eager to leave her tiny New England fishing village is fresh with new perspectives, tensions, and loves. The title refers to Children of Deaf Adults, and the lead character, Ruby Rossi,…
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Pop! Obsession: ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Funkos Are Here!
We haven’t seen true excitement for a blockbuster movie in what feels like ages, but people are legitimately hyped up for Godzilla vs. Kong. The epic kaiju beatdown promises to be the first true must-see theatrical film of 2021, despite being delayed a few days, but before that, Funko has dropped an entire wave of…