Review: ‘New Order’Brutal, Unflinching Class-Warfare Thriller Makes 'Parasite' Look Like A Picnic
Get ready for 80 minutes of brutal, unflinching, and raw dystopian fantasy that explores with extreme violence the class divide within Mexico. Although, really,...
Review: ‘Dream Horse’Toni Collette And Damian Lewis Star In A Feel-Good Horse Racing Drama...
It was inevitable that 2015 Sundance Award-winning doc Dark Horse would become a feature film. How could it not? What with its true story...
Review: ‘Seance’Suki Waterhouse Shines In A Supernatural Slasher Flick From The Writer Of 'You're...
If you know the name Simon Barrett at all, it's probably due to the work he's done with Adam Wingard on two excellent thrillers:...
Review: ‘The Perfect Candidate’Haifaa al-Mansour Gets Back To Her Hopeful, Empowering Roots
*NOTE: This is a reprint of my review from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The Perfect Candidate is open in select area theaters now.*
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Review: ‘The Woman In The Window’We're As Stuck As Amy Adams In Joe Wright's...
The Woman in the Window's title is strangely accurate, not for anything that happens in this sloppy, uninteresting regurgitation of Rear Window. For a...
Review: ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’Angelina Jolie's Fiery Thriller Won't Burn Into Your Memory...
Those Who Wish Me Dead is an old-fashioned star vehicle. It probably wouldn't exist if it weren't for star Angelina Jolie, making an increasingly...
Review: ‘Spiral: From The Book Of Saw’Don't Be Caught In The Trap Of This...
Don't be fooled by Spiral: From the Book of Saw; its use of big stars like Chris Rock (who developed the "story") and Samuel...
Review: ‘Profile’An Unnerving, Immersive Cat-And-Mouse Thriller Has A Journalist Playing A Dangerous Game To...
Let's be honest and say that the ScreenLife genre of films, those which take place entirely on computer screens and devices, is a gimmick...
Review: ‘Army Of The Dead’Zack Snyder's Zombie Heist In Vegas Flick Hits The Jackpot
Zombie Elvis, undead showgirls, a mutated tiger Joe Exotic would kill for, and an impossible heist mission. What the f**k is there not to...
Review: ‘Above Suspicion’Emilia Clarke Can't Rise Above This Drab, Kentucky Fried Portrait Of Adultery...
I hated Above Suspicion in the first two minutes. The first line of dialog, actually. It's rare that I start a review with something...