TIFF 2021 Review: ‘The Survivor’Ben Foster Rolls With The Punches In Barry Levinson's Rugged...
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
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
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...
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
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...
*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
*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...
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
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...
*This review was originally published as part of our 2021 Sundance Film Festival coverage. Summer of Soul opens in theaters and Hulu on July...