TIFF 2021 Review: ‘The Survivor’Ben Foster Rolls With The Punches In Barry Levinson's Rugged...

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The Survivor is one of those adult-oriented, mature dramas that don't come around too often anymore. Fitting, that it is directed by veteran filmmaker...

Review: ‘Luca’Pixar's Sea Monster Coming-Of-Age Story Is A Sweet And Breezy Treat

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When the highs are as lofty as Pixar has delivered in the past, it's hard not to pick on them when their achievements don't...

Review: ‘She-Hulk: Attorney At Law’Makes A Winning Case As Marvel's Funny Legal Superhero Show

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If there was a concern going into Marvel's TV show output on Disney+, it's that each series would have the same bland "superhero" personality...

Review: ‘Official Competition’Penelope Cruz And Antonio Banderas Gently Bite The Hand That Feeds Them...

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Pretentious people are funny. A pretension industry is even funnier. Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat's film world comedy Official Selection mines insidery humor from the delusional directors and...

Review: ‘The Wind’, Frontier Horror Howls With Unfulfilled Potential

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The Western genre leans heavily to the masculine side but in recent years we've seen an increased focus on the plight of frontierswomen in...

Review: ‘The Spine Of Night’A Wildly Violent, Rotoscoped Fantasy Epic Not For The Faint...

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*NOTE: This review was previously part of our 2021 SXSW Film Festival Coverage. The Spine of Night opens in theaters and digital on October...

Review: ‘Mayday’A War-Torn Feminist Fairy Tale That Doesn't Go Far Enough

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*NOTE: This review was originally part of our 2021 Sundance Film Festival coverage. Mayday opens in theaters and VOD on October 1st.* Karen Cinorre’s fantastical,...

Review: ‘Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil’, Angelina Jolie Finds No Redemption In Disney’s Dull, Grim...

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Disney's Maleficent occupies a strange space in their recent infatuation with fairy tale reimaginings. Unlike the others, it took the notorious Sleeping Beauty villain...

‘Snowpiercer’ Season 1 Review: Rebellion Fuels A Much-Needed Course Correction

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A few weeks ago I booked passage on the first episode of TNT's long-troubled, oft-delayed Snowpiercer. Thinking it would be a disaster straight out...

Review: ‘Summer Of Soul’Questlove's Directorial Debut Is A Mixtape Tribute To Black Pride And...

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*This review was originally published as part of our 2021 Sundance Film Festival coverage. Summer of Soul opens in theaters and Hulu on July...