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STREAMING · PEACOCKMulligan Shines in ‘PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN’, a Bruising Saga of XX Vengeance
A defiant, bold, and color-splashed debut, 'Promising Young Adult' sees writer-director Emerald Fennell loudly announce herself as someone to watch while veteran badass Carey Mulligan…
STREAMING · PEACOCKBrilliantly Offbeat ‘KAJILLIONAIRE’ A Singular Work of Weirdo Wonder
Miranda July’s oddball opus ‘Kajillionaire’ uses quirk to speak to the distancing of humanity from itself, creating a weirdly tender and wholly otherworldly dramedy…
STREAMING · PEACOCK‘SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK’ Features Frightening Ghouls, Lame Teenage Acting
‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ thrives when bringing Alvin Schwartz’s shorts to life in creepy vivid detail but the larger story is…
STREAMING · PEACOCKSporadically Gruesome ‘BRIGHTBURN’ Could Burn More Brightly
Somewhat hampered by its limited scope and simple script, ‘Brightburn’ soars serving up grisly kills. A committed cast helps sell otherwise simpleton characters.
STREAMING · PEACOCK‘THE GRINCH’ Remake a Colorful, Cuddly Update With Less Bite
This 2018 update to Dr. Seuss’ holiday classic is more colorful and snappy than ever, losing a bit of The Grinch’s evil edge and…
STREAMING · PEACOCKOut in Theaters: ‘HALLOWEEN’
This new ‘Halloween’ is killer, plain and simple; the archetypal slasher movie, perfected. Smart, funny, and with a higher body count than ever, David…
STREAMING · PEACOCKOut in Theaters: ‘LIZZIE’
Performance-driven and mightily restrained, sometimes to a fault, 'Lizzie' is a thoughtful biography of a madwoman, or rather, a woman driven mad by her…
STREAMING · PEACOCKOut in Theaters: ‘UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB’
‘Unfriended: Dark Web’ is a marked improvement over its earlier model, smuggling some decent performances and an excess of bleak foreboding into this conceptual…
STREAMING · PEACOCKOut in Theaters: ‘THE FIRST PURGE’
Sassy, brutal and imbued with some relevant political bite, ‘The First Purge’ has a number of problems - it's also over-the-top, cheap-looking and tonally…
STREAMING · PEACOCKOut in Theaters: ‘THE ENDLESS’
Moorhead and Benson’s ‘The Endless’ is a riveting trip down the rabbit hole, fastened with a smarter-than-average and genuinely thrilling script and impossible to…
STREAMING · PEACOCKOut in Theaters: ‘HAPPY DEATH DAY’
A disappointing realization of a clever concept, ‘Happy Death Day’ has elements to celebrate - a strong lead in Jessica Rothe, a plethora of…
STREAMING · PEACOCKOut in Theaters: ‘STRONGER’
A serviceable biopic with a strongish lead performance by Jake Gyllenhaal, ‘Stronger’ fails to overcome the drawn-out emotional and physical rehab elements that define…
STREAMING · PEACOCKSXSW ’17 Review: ‘TRAGEDY GIRLS’
Alexandra Shipp and Brianna Hildebrand are fantastic as fame-seeking murderesses in this sharp satire on social media culture. With shades of Mean Girls, Scream,…
STREAMING · PEACOCKOut in Theaters: ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM’
More cute than classic, J.K. Rowling’s return to the wizarding world is filled with good charm, alluring visual sorcery and an enchanting new cast…
STREAMING · PEACOCKOut in Theaters: ‘ARRIVAL’
Minor quibbles aside, 'Arrival' is heady, bold, emotionally decadent and fearless. It’s science fiction for film lovers lead by an excellent turn from Amy…
STREAMING · PEACOCKOut in Theaters: ‘KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS’
'Kubo and the Two Strings' is animation perfected; voiced with great nuance, divinely animated and rippled with decadent thematic elements far exceeding its PG-rating,…
STREAMING · PEACOCKOut in Theaters: ‘HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE’
Taika Waititi spreads his wings with 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople', a genuinely hilarious and emotionally engaging tale of a naughty foster child and his…
STREAMING · PEACOCKSXSW ’16 Review: ‘HUSH’
CONCLUSION: 'Hush' isn’t as smart or crafty as Mike Flannigan’s last film 'Oculus' but is nevertheless a thoroughly capable experiment in tearing a cliché…
STREAMING · PEACOCKSundance ’16 Review: ‘HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE’
Taika Waititi spreads his wings with 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople', a genuinely hilarious and emotionally engaging tale of a naughty foster child and his…
STREAMING · PEACOCKSundance Review: BLUE RUIN
Unexpectedly wonderful, Blue Ruin is the reason why America needs independent cinema. It's the tap on the shoulder the increasingly derivative Hollywood needs, a…
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By: Matt Oakes
Started blogging about film in college when the university paper wouldn’t have him. Dislikes your consensus film Twitter favorites. Devotee of horror movies that make him die a little inside. Catches films at festivals when he can. Proud SFCS and OFCS member and Tomatometer-approved critic. Editor-in-chief of Silver Screen Riot.
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