TIFF 2021 Review: ‘The Starling’Melissa McCarthy Tangles With Grief And An Angry Bird In...
“Birds are tricky,” says Jack Maynard (Chris O’Dowd) to his pregnant wife Lilly (Melissa McCarthy) early on in Theodore Melfi's The Starling. He's not referring...
Review: ‘Prisoners Of The Ghostland’Nicolas Cage And Sion Sono's Bonkers Genre Mashup Gets Ballsy...
*NOTE: This review was originally part of our 2021 Sundance Film Festival coverage. Prisoners of the Ghostland opens in theaters and VOD on September...
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: ‘Blue Bayou’Justin Chon Brings Attention To A Hot-Button Issue With Hard-Hitting Immigrant Love...
"I chose you", Antonio LeBlanc (writer/director/star Justin Chon) tells his stepdaughter Jessie (Sydney Kowalske) in Chon's third feature, his most dramatic and confident work...
Review: ‘Cry Macho’A Modest Charmer That Finds Clint Eastwood Staying True To His Tough...
The irony of Clint Eastwood starring in an adaptation of N. Richard Nash's Cry Macho, about an old cowboy who rejects his tough guy...
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...
TIFF 2021 Review: ‘Where Is Anne Frank’Ari Folman Spins A Vibrant But Muddled Fantasy...
If you know the name Ari Folman at all, it's probably for his stunning animated anti-war film Waltz with Bashir, a biopic of sorts that...
Review: ‘The Starling’Melissa McCarthy Tangles With Grief And An Angry Bird In Theodore Melfi's...
*NOTE: This review was recently part of our 2021 Toronto International Film Festival coverage. The Starling comes to Netflix on September 24th.*
“Birds are tricky,” ...
Review: ‘This Is The Night’'Rocky'-Inspired Coming-Of-Age Film Delivers Body Blows Of Nostalgia And Sincerity
May 28th, 1982. That date might not mean anything to you, but it apparently meant a lot to writer/director James DeMonaco and the people...
Review: ‘The Guilty’Jake Gyllenhaal Leads Antoine Fuqua's Intense, Contained Cop Thriller
*NOTE: This review was recently part of our TIFF 2021 coverage. The Guilty opens in limited release on September 24th, followed by Netflix beginning...