Review: ‘Upgraded’Camila Mendes And Marisa Tomei Star In Amazon's Economical Romantic Comedy
Part Cinderella story and all romcom, Upgraded is the newest selection from Amazon Prime Video. Starring Riverdale alum Camila Mendes and Shadow and Bone...
Review: ‘Drift’Cynthia Erivo Tries To Heal From Past Trauma In Anthony Chen's Measured, Powerful...
There's barely a scene in Anthony Chen's unhurried drama Drift that doesn't feature star Cynthia Erivo. As Jacqueline, a Liberian refugee seemingly stranded on the...
Review: ‘Scrambled’Leah McKendrick Harvests Her Eggs In This Moving And Hilarious Pro-Choice Comedy
In a post-Roe world, the concept of pro-choice might seem a bit crass to joke about. Films like Juno or Obvious Child make jokes...
Review: ‘How To Have Sex’Mia McKenna-Bruce's Moving Performance Bolsters Molly Manning Walker's Consent Drama
Throughout cinema history, teenagers have been trying to have sex onscreen for years. Films like Superbad, Porkys, and The Todo List, look at the...
Review: ‘Lisa Frankenstein’Kathryn Newton And Cole Sprouse Can't Jolt To Life Diablo Cody's Lame...
There's something rotten stinking up Zelda Williams and Diablo Cody's Lisa Frankenstein, and no, it's not the corpse half of this undead teen rom-com. Unfortunately,...
Review: ‘Suncoast’Nico Parker, Laura Linney, And Woody Harrelson Explore Grief And Adolescence In Laura...
*NOTE: This is a reprint of our review from the Sundance Film Festival*
In January of 2023, Nico Parker stole the first episode of The Last...
Review: ‘Out Of Darkness’Stone Age 'Predator'-esque Horror Delivers Tension And Brutality By Firelight
If a Predator movie was set in the Stone Age period, it might look something like Out of Darkness. To me, that's high praise...
Cinema Royale: Recapping The Bests & Worsts From Sundance 2024!
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival is wrapped, the Punch Drunk Critics have returned from Park City, and with all of the awards handed out,...
Review: ‘The Promised Land’Mads Mikkelsen Conquers Another Complex, Tragic Hero Role In Nikolaj Arcel's...
Mads Mikkelsen might be the most terrifying actor in the world. You know a dude is scary when their smile makes you want to...
Sundance Review: ‘Daughters’Award-Winning Doc Explores The Impact Of Incarceration As Girls Reunite With Their...
It’s well-known that when someone goes to prison, it impacts their entire family. This universal truth is exemplified in the Sundance breakout documentary Daughters....