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STREAMING · PARAMOUNT+Out in Theaters: NOAH
Noah lacks the signature claustrophobia of Aronofsky's finest work but the eerie character turns we've come to expect from him are most certainly in…
STREAMING · NETFLIXSXSW Review: CREEP
From his backlit framing to the long, empty, awkward silences that fill the air like smog, Brice plants all the seeds of doubt required…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELOut in Theaters: ENEMY
I have never left a theater so thoroughly mind-wrecked. Gyllenhaal’s gritty performance combined with all the production elements that Villeneuve flaunts breaks this story…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELOut in Theaters: ENEMY
I have never left a theater so thoroughly mind-wrecked. Gyllenhaal’s gritty performance combined with all the production elements that Villeneuve flaunts breaks this story…
STREAMING · DISNEY+Out in Theaters: THE MUPPETS: MOST WANTED
Its predecessor had the savory flavors of a labor of love, this the stink of a cash grab. Like salt water, you can taste…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELSXSW Review: FORT TILDEN
Cinematographer Brian Lannin makes good use of the rustic settings and concrete jungles, sun blasting the scenes when needed, adding an extra layer of…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELSXSW Review: SPACE STATION 76
The stocky sets, "pew pew" sound design and clunky CGI - that look like crafted on a circa 1976 computer - are as kitschy…
STREAMING · PEACOCKSXSW Review: HONEYMOON
Perhaps that's her intent after all, to show us something beautiful only to take it away, leaving tatters and fragments of what it meant…
STREAMING · SHUDDERSXSW Review: STARRY EYES
Starry Eyes conjures up quick similarities to Black Swan and Rosemary's Baby but finds a perfect footing between the two so any similarities feel…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELSXSW Review: PING PONG SUMMER
With the sporadic fits of laughter that Ping Pong pulled from the audience, I often wondered if I was just not in on the…
STREAMING · TUBIOut in Theaters: NEED FOR SPEED
But regardless of how many times Paul and Waugn try to push the idea that Need for Speed is nothing like Fast and the…
STREAMING · TUBISXSW Review: THE INFINITE MAN
Rounding out this tactfully told piece of genre-blending cinema, Sullivan's painstaking planning brings unwavering clarity to a dizzily complex web of movement throughout strands…
STREAMING · PARAMOUNT+Out in Theaters: 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE
We've come a long way since the visual effects of 300 were groundbreaking and eight years later, Rise looks like the same crew using…
STREAMING · NETFLIXOut in Theaters: POMPEII
A hotpot of narrative no-no's hyped up on its own garishness and blinded by the Hot Pocket consumerism driving the thing, Pompeii is a…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: THE WIND RISES
Is The Wind Rises Mizayaki's masterpiece? Certainly not. But it's an intriguing work nonetheless. It lacks the jubilant capriciousness of Mizayski's prior filmography, a…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELOut in Theaters: ROBOCOP
Gone are the lampooning moments of levity that flowed from the originals, replaced with the likes of Batman-mimicking "Does it come in black?" For…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOOut in Theaters: THE MONUMENTS MEN
One thing is abundantly clear at this junction, Clooney's art junkie project was certainly not moved from its original release date to "fix up…
STREAMING · PARAMOUNT+Out in Theaters: THE LEGO MOVIE
Going back to the kids, those sugar-stuffed Ritalinites are sure to just eat this up as the partially CGI, partially stop-motion visual style is…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOSundance Review: APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
Never too standoffish and not afraid to leave things unresolved, Akhavan has done a fine job her first time out. With her stony guile…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOSundance 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…
STREAMING · KANOPYOut in Theaters: LABOR DAY
Strangely enough, in the throes of this hackneyed love drama Reitman tries to ratchet up some invisible tension with a syncopated score reminiscent of…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOSundance Review: DINOSAUR 13
In the most WTF twist of the year, it takes the rest of the film to really unfold exactly what went down with the…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELSundance Review: LIFE AFTER BETH
More of a fun experiment than a certified success, this zillionth installment in the zombie niche has its share of dicey moments but it's…
STREAMING · NETFLIXSundance Review: BOYHOOD
I found myself beaming with pride at moments, disappointed in him at others and silently heartbroken and yet joyful as he reached new milestones.…
