When Columbus, Ohio-based filmmakers Ori Segev and Noah Dixon set out to make their first feature, they never expected it to screen at a major film…
Author: Brent Hankins
Brent Hankins
Brent Hankins has been blogging and writing film reviews online since 2011. He joined the Phoenix Film Critics Society in 2013, and was a founding member of the Phoenix Critics Circle the following year, where he currently serves as President. Brent also hosted the weekly Drinks and Discourse podcast for nearly 5 years, and is currently the editor-in-chief at The Lamplight Review. He resides in Tempe, AZ with his wife and son.
In a forgotten rural town, Dwight (Patrick Fugit) and his sister Jessie (Ingrid Sophie Schram) care for their younger brother Thomas (Owen Campbell), a frail thing…
The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival is now in full swing, marking the first major North American film festival to host in-person screenings since the beginning of…
Avengers: Endgame may have capped off the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s “Infinity Saga” in thrilling fashion, but at least one dangling narrative thread was left unresolved: what…
The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival kicks off tomorrow night with the world premiere of In the Heights, Jon M. Chu’s feature film adaptation of the Tony…
After Walt Disney Pictures struck box office gold with Maleficent, a live-action adventure about the early years of the iconic villainess from animated classic Sleeping Beauty,…
Long before he found himself at odds with a major film studio over his nihilistic approach to superhero mythology, director Zack Snyder burst onto the scene…
Based on a best-selling novel, directed by Joe Wright (Atonement, Darkest Hour) and boasting an A-list cast that includes Amy Adams, Gary Oldman and Julianne Moore,…
Despite the release of an installment dubbed “the final chapter” in 2010, the Saw franchise just can’t seem to remain dead. 2017’s poorly received Jigsaw marked…
Guy Ritchie’s 1998 crime caper Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels introduced the world to Jason Statham, igniting a professional partnership that would extend to 2000’s…
After garnering an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Hollywood starlet Marion Davies in last year’s Mank, Amanda Seyfried is back on Netflix for Things Heard…
The work of novelist Tom Clancy has been the basis for a number of Hollywood adaptations, from critically acclaimed box office fare like The Hunt for…
With a history stretching back nearly three decades, Mortal Kombat is one of the longest-running and most successful video game franchises of all time, spawning numerous…
One could reasonably assume the writing process for Godzilla vs. Kong, opening this week in theaters and simultaneously streaming on HBO Max, involved copious amounts of…
About thirty minutes into Nobody, there’s a moment where Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) witnesses a group of dangerous-looking, clearly intoxicated men clamber onto a city bus…
The Phoenix Critics Circle are pleased to announce the recipients of their 2020 awards. After leading the way with seven nominations, Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari picked up the…
Originally planned as Marvel’s first television offering before the COVID-19 pandemic derailed the production schedule, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier arrives fresh on the heels…
The SXSW Film Festival has always welcomed genre films with open arms, and despite going virtual, SXSW 2021 is no different. As the festival continues, we…
The 2021 SXSW Film Festival is officially underway! After the COVID-19 pandemic forced a last-minute cancellation of last year’s event, SXSW 2021 is a strictly online…
The 2021 SXSW Film Festival is officially underway! After the COVID-19 pandemic forced a last-minute cancellation of last year’s event, SXSW 2021 is a strictly online…
It’s impossible to discuss the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League without first examining the circumstances which brought us here. After reimagining Superman in 2013’s Man…
After a last-minute cancellation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SXSW — Austin’s annual celebration of film, music, comedy and interactive media — is going…
The SXSW Film Festival has always welcomed genre films with open arms, and even though the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has turned the festival’s 2021 edition into…
Horror director and SXSW alumni Mickey Keating (Carnage Park) returns to the Austin-based festival in 2021 with his latest feature, the nightmarish thriller Offseason, starring Jocelin…
The 2020 edition of the SXSW Film Festival was sidelined as the COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold in the United States, just weeks before the…
The COVID-19 pandemic already saw one major Disney title forego the theatrical experience, when last year’s live-action Mulan was released (for an additional price) on the…
Billie Eilish was only 13 years old when “Ocean Eyes” — written and recorded with her brother, Finneas O’Connell — was uploaded to Soundcloud, racking up…
Arriving hot on the heels of Shaka King’s stellar Judas and the Black Messiah, which chronicles the FBI’s plot to take down Black Panther leader Fred…
“There’s no such thing as good people,” says Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) in the opening moments of J Blakeson’s wickedly funny black comedy, I Care a…
“I hope you will reveal your plan for me soon,” prays Maud (Morfydd Clark), a nurse whose involvement — and possible culpability — in a tragic…
Greg (Owen Wilson) works a bland job at a generic technical support company — aptly named “Technical Difficulties” — where he spends most of his days…
“With little pride and less hope, we begin the new year.” While those words could adequately characterize a more recent time period, in the case of…
As the 2021 Sundance Film Festival begins winding down, with several films getting picked up for distribution — including CODA, which set a new record for…
Premiering at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Eight for Silver — the latest from director Sean Ellis (Anthropoid) — is an atmospheric thriller about a remote…