STREAMING
Streaming is 90% filler. These guides are the other 10%.
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELOut in Theaters: PITCH PERFECT 2
When all the solos has been spilled, the bass lines and trembly whimpers intoned and the proverbial dirt soiled with the vocal blood of…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOOut in Theaters: LOVE & MERCY
Turning the shadowy undertones of the film into blistering hot pockets of fear and doubt is master composer Atticus Ross, offering a screeching score…
STREAMING · NETFLIXOut in Theaters: THE D TRAIN
When it finally comes to a halt, The D Train arrives in the station a thinly veiled assault allegory poorly masquerading as a comedy;…
STREAMING · DISNEY+Out in Theaters: THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
The Avengers: Age of Ultron, though single-serving entertainment sure to delight the masses, is a clumsy effort to consolidate stories that prove irreconcilable. With…
STREAMING · NETFLIXOut in Theaters: UNFRIENDED
Director Levan Gabriadze works within some very risky restraints - like an orator with a ball gag - by limiting all onscreen action to…
STREAMING · HULUOut in Theaters: EX MACHINA
Brilliant tech work aligns with Garland's beautifully sour/smartly subversive writing/directing and Gleeson, Isaac and Vikander's low-broiling performances to create what can only be described…
STREAMING · PARAMOUNT+Out in Theaters: GET HARD
It's not that Get Hard is unfunny so much I would rather have seen the inspired pairing of Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart deal…
STREAMING · HOOPLASXSW Review: DEATHGASM
Deathgasm is a case where if the title makes you snicker, you'll probably enjoy the film. On the flip side, if the name alone…
STREAMING · NETFLIXSXSW Review: 6 YEARS
Emotionally raw though a dash melodramatic, Hannah Fidell's 6 Years is a bittersweet look at love and sacrifice at the ripe young age of…
STREAMING · HOOPLASXSW Review: HE NEVER DIED
Jack's brand of unaffected, "did you really just do that?" reactions lend the action a sense of categorical silliness. It makes for the kind…
STREAMING · HOOPLASXSW Review: THE DIABOLICAL
Moves like this help to put the pieces in place for the final reveal but with director Alistair Legrand does lift the curtain, he…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOSXSW REVIEW: CREATIVE CONTROL
Beyond their aesthetic shine, any great sci-fi speaks not to the future but to the current zeitgeist and Creative Control is no exception. In…
STREAMING · KANOPYSXSW Review: ADULT BEGINNERS
As Jake is advised in a business meeting, there are two highways in life and the fast road to success is one you have…
STREAMING · KANOPYSXSW Review: THE LOOK OF SILENCE
As the agents of genocide repeat "The past is past", the delicacy of Indonesia's current political balance becomes a focal point of fiercely high…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOSXSW Review: TURBO KID
In fact, Turbo Kid features so much practical effects-driven gore that on any given day, the crew included a "stunt team, a blood team,…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELSXSW Review: WILD HORSES
No, every shot is the product of a camera somewhere for no reason telling a story that does need to be told, but not…
STREAMING · NETFLIXSXSW Review: MANSON FAMILY VACATION
For a low-fi indie movie, there are some great things at play - strong performances, an enticing script, mounting suspense, a huge payoff -…
STREAMING · NETFLIXSXSW Review: FURIOUS 7
Even through Vin Diesel's almost total inability to act (though the guy has thrived playing a tree and a robot), Furious 7 has a…
STREAMING · KANOPYSXSW Review: EXCESS FLESH
For an improved, abridged version of similar material, you're much better off watching the five minute French short "X is for XXL" from The…
STREAMING · MUBISXSW Review: SWEATY BETTY
A few horrid musical cues - Luther Vandross' melodramatic "Dance With My Father" overstays its welcome within seconds - arrive aggressively on the nose.…
STREAMING · DISNEY+Out in Theaters: CINDERELLA
Full of life, love and beauty, Cinderella is that rare product of uncommonly good intent that actually casts a spell. Accented by bips and…
STREAMING · TUBIOut in Theaters: WILD TALES
Although the anthology film has seen a bit of a revival of late within the horror genre (three V/H/S films, ABCs of Death 1&2),…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOOut in Theaters: THE LAZARUS EFFECT
Exiting the theater, one man turned to another and said, "It was alright but I can't imagine paying $10 to see it" and that…
STREAMING · DISNEY+Out in Theaters: MCFARLAND USA
That isn't to say that it doesn't actually work though. In fact, McFarland USA can be downright rousing, with Antônio Pinto's soaring eagle score…
