Review: ‘Red Rocket’Simon Rex Shoots His Shot In Sean Baker's Nimble Dramedy About An...
*NOTE: This review was originally part of our Middleburg Film Festival coverage.*
The sounds of NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” blast in the opening moments of...
Review: ‘Don’t Look Up’Adam McKay Makes Light Of Doomsday In Netflix's Brilliant, Star-Studded Satire
Perhaps no filmmaker has undergone quite the evolution as Adam McKay. From dim-witted but popular Will Ferrell comedies such as Anchorman, he started to...
Review: ‘The Hating Game’Lucy Hale And Austin Stowell Get Competitive In This Stale Adaptation...
In 2016, romance author Sally Thorne released The Hating Game. If you follow the genre at all, you would know that the book quickly...
Review: ‘Encounter’Riz Ahmed Is Stellar In A Sci-Fi Road Movie That Loses Its Way
*NOTE: This review was originally part of our Toronto International Film Festival coverage.*
Who doesn’t love a good twist? When a movie subverts our expectations...
Review: ‘Being The Ricardos’Nicole Kidman Impresses As Lucille Ball But Aaron Sorkin's Script Does...
An Aaron Sorkin screenplay is never about just one thing. The Social Network wasn't just about the formation of Facebook, was it? And neither...
Review: ‘VOIR’The David Fincher Produced Docuseries Helps Explore Our Love of Cinema Via Visual...
If you’re even passively browsing Punch Drunk Critics for this review, you have to at the bare minimum have an appreciation of movies and...
Review: ‘West Side Story’Steven Spielberg Breathes New Life Into The Musical Classic
Award-winning musical theater pioneer Stephen Sondheim, who passed away at 91 on November 26, started his professional career writing the lyrics to West Side...
Review: ‘Home’Franka Potente's Directorial Debut Is A Powerful Drama About Forgiveness
After seventeen years in prison, Marvin (Jake McLaughlin), is finally out in Home – and that’s exactly where he’s heading. With only a small...
Review: ‘Wolf’George MacKay Emerges As Pack Leader In An Animal Drama With No Claws
George MacKay is an incredible actor, given to performances both soulful and physically demanding. Check his subtle work in Captain Fantastic and family horror...
Review: ‘Funny Thing About Love’A Quirky But Quickly Forgettable Holiday Rom-Com
Funny Thing About Love is a quirky but quickly forgettable holiday RomCom that’s packed full of predictability and very little laughs. Samantha Banks (Summer...