Review: ‘Rotting In The Sun’Sebastián Silva Goes To Libidinous Extremes In Meta Satire Opposite...
The irony of Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Silva is that he gained his tremendous Sundance arthouse popularity by making movies that seemed only to be...
Review: ‘Mortal Kombat’Not Quite A Flawless Victory, But A Brutal Knockout For Bloodthirsty Fans
As a lifelong, die-hard Street Fighter fan, I'm perturbed by the number of live-action movies and shows that Mortal Kombat gets. But at least...
Review: ‘Athena’Romain Gavras' Uncompromising, Bold Protest Drama Will Leave You Breathless
What is it about the French that they make the best, most visceral films about protest, unrest, and social justice? It's a tradtion that...
Review: ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’Tom Hardy Ups The Crazy In A Sequel That's...
Like an alien symbiote without a host body, Venom: Let There Be Carnage is a mass of bonkers ideas swirling around without a story...
Middleburg Review: ‘Saltburn’Emerald Fennell's Stylish, Kinky Aristocratic Thriller Ensares You In Its Web
If Cruel Intentions and Brideshead Revisited were burned to ashes then laced with acid and smoked, you'd get the sensation of Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman follow-up, Saltburn. A constantly-shocking...
Review: ‘Nightmare Alley’Guillermo Del Toro's Opulent, Haunting Film Noir Explores The Monstrous Side Of...
If there's one thing we know about Guillermo Del Toro it's that he knows how to craft a movie around the most terrifying of...
Middleburg Review: ‘Decision To Leave’Park Chan-wook Delivers With Skill A Frustratingly Enigmatic Game Of...
There was a time when Park Chan-wook was known for just one thing. He was the South Korean filmmaker behind The Vengeance Trilogy, consisting...
Sundance Review: ‘Little Monsters’, Lupita Nyong’o Shines As A Zombie-Fighting Schoolteacher
The Sundance promo image for horror-comedy Little Monsters features a blood-stained Lupita Nyong'o protecting a small group of children from what we know is...
Review: ‘The Eyes Of Tammy Faye’Jessica Chastain Redeems The Televangelist Icon Through Laughter And...
Having grown up a kid in the '80s, when televangelism was new and at its peak, it was impossible to miss the presence of...
Review: ‘Made In Italy’Liam Neeson And Son Seek Emotional Healing In James D'arcy's Syrupy...
Liam Neeson. Made in Italy. It's too much to hope this lite father/son drama is actually an undercover Taken spinoff with Neeson taking on...