Comeuppance Is a Bitch in Gritty Midnighter ’BLOOD ON HER NAME’
Matthew Pope’s grimy backcountry thriller has splashes of Saulnier, Mickles, and the Coen Bros but is ripe with its own potential as well, spinning a damning web of deceit and…
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Pixar’s Quest To Pull the Heartstrings Continues With Solid But Unremarkable ‘ONWARD’
All in all, 'Onward' casts a spell but it’s a relatively mild one, one that’s mainly aimed at the viewer’s emotional side and can only take partial advantage of its…
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Murray, Chalamet, McDormand, Swinton, Moss, and Many Many More Assemble for Wes Anderson’s ‘THE FRENCH DISPATCH’ Trailer
Murray, Chalamet, McDormand, Swinton, Moss, and Many Many More Assemble for Wes Anderson's 'THE FRENCH DISPATCH' Trailer.
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Anarchic and Dumb ‘BIRDS OF PREY’ is Pure Fun-Loving DCEU Bombast
CONCLUSION: Margot Robbie leads a pack of bad-mannered ladies in the hard-to-dislike cinematic tomfoolery that is ‘Birds of Prey’. Aided by imposing stunt work and a killer cast (including a…
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First ‘SPIRAL’ Trailer Reboots the ‘SAW’ Franchise With Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson
In 2010, Saw VII was touted as “The Final Chapter” only for a Jigsaw movie to emerge 7 years later. As the Iron Islanders say, what is dead may never die and in 2020, a franchise twice put to bed reemerges once more to concoct elaborate death machines. In the sparse first look at Spiral,...
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Frosty Cabin in the Woods Horror ’THE LODGE’ Preaches the Hell of Child-Rearing
Led by a strikingly gloomy performance from Riley Keough, 'The Lodge' uses the power of psychological warfare and brutal natural elements to spook up a dark cabin fever horror story…
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SUNDANCE 2020: Scattershot ’THE NOWHERE INN’ A Meta-Movie About Celebrity Expectations
Sundance 2020 review of 'The Nowhere Inn' starring Annie Clark and Carrie Brownstone.
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SUNDANCE 2020: ‘RELIC’ and the True Horror of Senility
Sundance 2020 review of 'Relic' directed by Natalie Erika James and starring Emily Mortimer.
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SUNDANCE 2020: ‘POSSESSOR’ Is A Blood-Soaked Murder Inception That Continues The Cronenberg Legacy
Sundance 2020 film review of 'Possessor' directed by Brandon Cronenberg and starring Andrea Riseborough and Christopher Abbott.
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SUNDANCE 2020: Amusing ‘DOWNHILL’ Remake Assumes American Stance, Lets Comic Giants Ride
A remake of the critically-acclaimed Swedish drama Force Majeure, Downhill is kind of exactly like most American remakes of critically-acclaimed foreign dramas: amusing but unnecessary. A blue-square redo of a double-black-diamond story. With the hard-packed dual casting of Will Ferrell (who’s better here than he’s been in years) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (who also produced), the...