About: Matt Hendricks

Matt Hendricks is an independent filmmaker and wannabe writer/screenwriter who likes writing about "other people's movies". Read about Matt's top ten favorites.
Website: http://matthendricks.org/
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Champions (2023) Review
Posted on: 28 Mar 2023
Director Bobby Farrelly follows in his older brother and frequent co-director’s footsteps with his own uplifting and good-natured solo feature film effort. Like Peter’s Oscar-winning Green Book, Bobby’s Champions unabashedly focuses on the best of humanity and aims to please its audience with its warm-hearted and intentionally simplistic design. Also like Green Book, it’s an […]

Nocebo (2022) Review
Posted on: 24 Mar 2023
Screenwriter Garret Shanley and director Lorcan Finnegan are a fascinating creative pair when it comes to delivering cerebral and surrealistic horror. Their first two collaborations are frustratingly unclear and underdeveloped films that are still strikingly well-made and compelling. Despite their faults, both films manage to exhibit great potential without fully realizing it. Their first collaboration, […]

The Old Way (2023) Review
Posted on: 04 Mar 2023
The Old Way takes on a classic Western storyline in which a formerly ruthless gunslinger (Nicolas Cage) is forced to return to the brutal violence of his past years after his nature was tamed by the love of a good woman (Kerry Knuppe). Though it is not the same level of masterpiece as Unforgiven or […]

Review Roundup: 2023 Releases
Posted on: 15 Feb 2023
65 An astronaut (Adam Driver) and a teenage girl (Ariana Greenblatt) are the only survivors of a crash landing on a planet filled with dangerous prehistoric creatures. The film is consistently exciting and engaging, and is filled with a number of great jump scares, moments of tension, and impressive visual effects. Though logic is a […]

The Pain Snob: A Jerry Stahl Retrospective, Part 7
Posted on: 07 Feb 2023
**Author’s Note: I would like to state upfront that this retrospective of Jerry Stahl’s life and career was done completely without his participation. I’m simply a massive fan of his and since there isn’t another complete chronological examination of his life and work, I figured I’d go ahead and fill that void as best as […]

The Pain Snob: A Jerry Stahl Retrospective, Part 6
Posted on: 07 Feb 2023
**Author’s Note: I would like to state upfront that this retrospective of Jerry Stahl’s life and career was done completely without his participation. I’m simply a massive fan of his and since there isn’t another complete chronological examination of his life and work, I figured I’d go ahead and fill that void as best as […]

The Pain Snob: A Jerry Stahl Retrospective, Part 5
Posted on: 07 Feb 2023
**Author’s Note: I would like to state upfront that this retrospective of Jerry Stahl’s life and career was done completely without his participation. I’m simply a massive fan of his and since there isn’t another complete chronological examination of his life and work, I figured I’d go ahead and fill that void as best as […]

The Pain Snob: A Jerry Stahl Retrospective, Part 4
Posted on: 07 Feb 2023
**Author’s Note: I would like to state upfront that this retrospective of Jerry Stahl’s life and career was done completely without his participation. I’m simply a massive fan of his and since there isn’t another complete chronological examination of his life and work, I figured I’d go ahead and fill that void as best as […]

The Pain Snob: A Jerry Stahl Retrospective, Part 3
Posted on: 07 Feb 2023
**Author’s Note: I would like to state upfront that this retrospective of Jerry Stahl’s life and career was done completely without his participation. I’m simply a massive fan of his and since there isn’t another complete chronological examination of his life and work, I figured I’d go ahead and fill that void as best as […]

The Pain Snob: A Jerry Stahl Retrospective, Part 2
Posted on: 07 Feb 2023
**Author’s Note: I would like to state upfront that this retrospective of Jerry Stahl’s life and career was done completely without his participation. I’m simply a massive fan of his and since there isn’t another complete chronological examination of his life and work, I figured I’d go ahead and fill that void as best as […]