Review: ‘Just Play Dead’Samuel L. Jackson And Eva Green Sleepwalk Through This Musty, Convoluted...
Just Play Dead is the product of work by two respected industry veterans: Casino Royale director Martin Campbell, and Passenger 57 writer Dan Gordon....
Review: ‘The Dog Stars’Ridley Scott's Post-Apocalyptic Thriller Is Rough Around The Edges But Highly...
Remember when Steven Soderbergh's Contagion felt like an outlier? This word of warning of a possibility that was unlikely to happen? COVID has certainly changed that....
Review: ‘Idiots’Macon Blair's Drug-Fueled Road Comedy Is All Over The Map
Dave Franco has described Macon Blair’s road “comedy” Idiots (formerly The Shitheads) as “The Last Detail with hard drugs”. Maybe if that were truly...
Review: ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’Andrew Garfield And Claire Foy Lead A Delightful, Confectionary Escape
The Magic Faraway Tree is based on the beloved series of novels by Enid Blyton, which predate C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia. These books...
Review: ‘Spa Weekend’Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau, And Anna Faris Are Moms On...
Adulting is tough. Being a hard-working mom with little time to chill with your besties is even tougher. Which of us couldn't use a...
Review: ‘Hot Spot’Noomi Rapace Leads Cyberpunk Murder Mystery That's More Style Than Substance
Agnieszka Smoczyńska‘s bonkers but disjointed sci-fi film Hot Spot imagines a future in which society is completely controlled by, what else, Artificial Intelligence. The...
Review: ‘Insidious: Out Of The Further’A Freaky Return To Form For The Long-Running Horror...
Insidious: Out of the Further, the sixth film (!!!) in the long-running supernatural horror franchise, has two things that absolutely give me the creeps....
Review: ‘Mutiny’Jason Statham Slugs It Out At Sea In A Shallow Revenge Flick
Jason Statham reached a creative peak, without changing much of the formula, with 2024's The Beekeeper, and he's been struggling to reach that level...
Review: ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’Wile E. Coyote Takes On Big Business In Hilarious Courtroom Comedy...
The first five minutes of Coyote vs. Acme had me howling. The shelved, nearly-lost comedy begins with my favorite Looney Tunes character, Wile E. Coyote (Super...
Review: ‘Nimrods’Mason Thames And Green Day Take You On A Sweet And Endearing Punk...
We used to get rock 'n roll coming-of-age movies like Nimrods all of the time back in the day. Remember Detroit Rock City? I'm still waiting on...