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Longlegs (2024) ReviewNicolas Cage in Longlegs A pair of FBI agents (Maika Monroe and Blair Underwood) are in pursuit of ...
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The Stranger (2024) ReviewDane DeHaan and Maika Monroe in The Stranger Originally a Quibi miniseries that was later edited ...
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The Greatest Hits (2024) ReviewLucy Boynton and Justin H. Min in The Greatest Hits A young woman (Lucy Boynton) who is grieving ...
Cat Person (2023) ReviewGeraldine Viswanathan and Emilia Jones in Cat Person Cat Person opens with the following quote from ...
Road House (2024) ReviewJake Gyllenhaal in Road House Almost needless to say, 1989’s Road House is an essential ‘80s action ...
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Butcher’s Crossing (2023) ReviewNicolas Cage in Butcher’s Crossing Butcher’s Crossing is a powerfully dramatic film that ...
Orion and the Dark (2024) ReviewOrion and the Dark The idea of Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, and Eternal Sunshine of the ...
Poor Things (2023) ReviewEmma Stone in Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos has become one of the most singular and identifiable ...
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Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) ReviewLily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Robert De Niro in Killers of the Flower Moon I had quite a ...
The Killer (2023) ReviewMichael Fassbender in The Killer This icily and precisely controlled action/thriller from director ...
Napoleon Theatrical Cut (2023) ReviewJoaquin Phoenix in Napoleon The now twenty-eight feature films of Ridley Scott vary quite heavily ...
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No Hard Feelings (2023) ReviewAndrew Barth Feldman and Jennifer Lawrence in No Hard Feelings No Hard Feelings features a strong ...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) ReviewTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem This latest of many feature-film adaptations of the ...
Master Gardener (2023) ReviewQuintessa Swindell and Joel Edgerton in Master Gardener Writer/director Paul Schrader has seemingly ...
Hypnotic (2023) ReviewBen Affleck in Hypnotic Sometimes, a movie comes along with all the right elements: a good story, a ...
Oppenheimer (2023) ReviewCillian Murphy in Oppenheimer In terms of its endlessly impressive artistry and technical ...
Beau Is Afraid (2023) ReviewJoaquin Phoenix in Beau Is Afraid Viewing Beau Is Afraid for the first time brings forth various, ...
Sound of Freedom (2023) ReviewJim Caviezel in Sound of Freedom Based on true events, Sound of Freedom tells the story of Tim ...
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) ReviewHarrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny For over four decades, the character of ...
The Flash (2023) ReviewEzra Miller in The Flash A decade ago, filmmaker Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen) began what came to be ...
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) ReviewThere is no denying that James Cameron is one of cinema’s great boundary-pushers. This is evidenced ...
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) ReviewKaren Gillan, Chris Pratt, and Dave Bautista in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 The Marvel Cinematic ...
To Leslie (2022) ReviewAndrea Riseborough in To Leslie Films about substance abuse and addiction belong in a genre in and ...
Renfield (2023) ReviewNicolas Cage in Renfield Renfield is a movie that pretty much has as much going for it as it does ...
The Whale (2022) ReviewBrendan Fraser in The Whale Darren Aronofsky knows how to pack an unforgettable emotional punch ...
Champions (2023) ReviewErnie Hudson and Woody Harrelson in Champions Director Bobby Farrelly follows in his older brother ...
Nocebo (2022) ReviewEva Green in Nocebo Screenwriter Garret Shanley and director Lorcan Finnegan are a fascinating ...
The Old Way (2023) ReviewNicolas Cage and Ryan Kiera Armstrong in The Old Way The Old Way takes on a classic Western ...
Review Roundup: 2023 ReleasesAdam Driver in 65 65 An astronaut (Adam Driver) and a teenage girl (Ariana Greenblatt) are the only ...
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Stockholm (2019) ReviewEthan Hawke in Stockholm Stockholm is based on the true story of a 1973 bank heist that inspired ...
Rocketman (2019) ReviewTaran Edgerton in Rocketman Director Dexter Fletcher’s musical interpretation of Elton John’s life ...
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) ReviewZac Efron in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Zac Efron is so naturalistically seductive ...
Another Girl (2021) ReviewSammi Hanratty in Another Girl Another Girl is the latest film by writer/director Allison Burnett. ...
Brightburn (2019) ReviewElizabeth Banks in Brightburn This Gunn family production (produced by James and written by his ...
Book Review: Chasing the Light by Oliver Stone (2020)Oliver Stone’s Chasing the Light Celebrity memoirs can be highly entertaining reads but ...
Glass (2019) ReviewSamuel L. Jackson in Glass Glass is the completion of M. Night Shyamalan’s superhero trilogy that ...
REVIEW ROUNDUP: 2021 ReleasesEmilia Clarke in Above Suspicion Above Suspicion Director Phillip Noyce returns to full form with ...
REVIEW ROUNDUP: 2020 ReleasesAngela Bettis in 12 Hour Shift 12 Hour Shift Writer/director Brea Grant’s dark comedy/satire on the ...
The Devil All the Time (2020) ReviewTom Holland in The Devil All the Time If there were ever a cinematic equivalent to getting punched ...
I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) ReviewJesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette, and David Thewlis in I’m Thinking of Ending ...
Vivarium (2020) ReviewJesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots in Vivarium A young couple (Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots) is ...
Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) ReviewKeanu Reeves and Alex Winter in Bill and Ted Face the Music It’s been nearly thirty years since we ...
The Professor and the Madman (2019) ReviewMel Gibson and Sean Penn in The Professor and the Madman Because of some pesky behind-the-scenes ...
The Irishman (2019) ReviewJoe Pesci, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in The Irishman We were all heavily anticipating Martin ...
Long Shot (2019) ReviewCharlize Theron and Seth Rogen in Long Shot Charlize Theron is a straight-laced Secretary of State ...
Too Old to Die Young (2019) ReviewMiles Teller in Too Old to Die Young While recently reviewing Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed ...
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2019) ReviewAdam Driver and Jonathan Pryce in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Terry Gilliam has lost years of ...
Under the Silver Lake (2019) ReviewAndrew Garfield and Riley Keough in Under the Silver Lake Under the Silver Lake is the kind of film ...
Serenity (2019) ReviewMatthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway in Serenity You’ve probably heard that Serenity has an insane ...
The Beach Bum (2019) ReviewIsla Fisher and Matthew McConaughey in The Beach Bum The Beach Bum Harmony Korine’s follow-up to ...
Dragged Across Concrete (2019) ReviewVince Vaughn and Mel Gibson in Dragged Across Concrete Co-composer/writer/director S. Craig ...
Alita: Battle Angel (2019) ReviewRosa Salazar in Alita: Battle Angel Robert Rodriguez has had some great and successful creative ...
London Fields (2018) Review: The Secret Director’s Cut Versus the Maligned Theatrical CutAmber Heard in London Fields Aside from the small fraction of the country that shelled out a ...
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The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (2019) ReviewJames Badge Dale in The Standoff at Sparrow Creek Newly released, The Standoff at Sparrow Creek is ...
REVIEW ROUNDUP: 2018 ReleasesOdessa Young in Assassination Nation Assassination Nation Something of a mixture of Heathers and ...
Replicas (2019) ReviewKeanu Reeves in Replicas Replicas is one of many recent entries in the science fiction genre that ...
Book Review: The Toy Collector (2000) by James GunnScreenwriter/director James Gunn’s first and, to date, only novel should have had the effect of a ...
The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018) ReviewClaire Foy in The Girl in the Spider’s Web This is the third cinematic interpretation (and ...
Book Review: Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswalt (2015)Silver Screen Fiend is Patton Oswalt’s answer to Permanent Midnight. It’s a cautionary tale for ...
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Book Review: Hug Chickenpenny: The Panegyric of an Anomalous Child (2017) by S. Craig ZahlerNovelist, screenwriter, and director S. Craig Zahler continues to impress with his latest-published ...
Eighth Grade (2018) ReviewAs far as teenage/adolescent movies go, Bo Burnham’s Eight Grade is one of the most achingly ...
First Reformed (2018) ReviewPaul Schrader has been working towards a comeback for a while, now. In 2013, he released The ...
BlacKkKlansman (2018) ReviewSpike Lee had one of the most impressive filmmaking runs in history from 1989 to 1995 with Do the ...
Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018) ReviewMission Impossible: Fallout is part six of the action/thriller franchise based on the 1960’s ...
Christopher Robin (2018) ReviewChristopher Robin is a sweet movie and its concept is an adorable one: a grown-up Christopher Robin ...
Eighth Grade (2018) ReviewMiddle School is not for the meek of heart. Participants agonize, parents wish it was over. The ...
Sorry to Bother You (2018) ReviewSorry to Bother You is amongst the most daring, original, and biting American social satires ...
Distorted (2018) ReviewDistorted had promise. The idea of Christina Ricci and John Cusack pairing for a psychological ...
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) ReviewThe secret to enjoying a movie like Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is to have no expectations of ...
The Zero Theorem (2014) ReviewTerry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem is, essentially, a “best of” compilation of his entire career. The ...
Spring Breakers (2013) ReviewIf Russ Meyer and Quentin Tarantino collaborated on a screenplay for Terrence Malick to direct, the ...