After breathing some much-needed new life into one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s key characters in 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok, it’s no surprise that Taika Waititi would…
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The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll is no stranger to the big screen; in addition to the 31 films that Elvis Presley starred in during his…
When 15-year-old Simi (Nina Katlein) arrives at her aunt’s home in the remote German countryside for a week-long holiday, it’s with an ulterior motive. Claudia (Pia…
In many ways, director Sam Raimi is the godfather of the modern superhero movie, ushering in a new era of blockbuster filmmaking with 2002’s Spider-Man. While…
With a pair of acclaimed, modestly budgeted efforts under his belt — 2016’s mesmerizing folk horror The Witch and 2019’s fever dream of paranoia, The Lighthouse…
There’s probably nothing I could say about Everything Everywhere All at Once that hasn’t already been said by someone else, and the vast majority of those…
If you’ve been looking for a slice of superhero action that doesn’t require a near-encyclopedic knowledge of dozens of interconnected films and television shows, then Marvel’s…
Deep Water is the sort of sexy thriller that has all but disappeared from cinema screens in recent years, unabashedly flaunting its sexiness in much the…
The Thief CollectorDirected by Allison Otto How does a prized painting get stolen from the University of Arizona’s Museum of Art in broad daylight, disappear without…
Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBetsDirected by Zack Canepari and Drea Cooper Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets explores the complete chaos that ensued when a…
Sci-fi shoot ’em up series Halo has long been the flagship franchise of Microsoft’s Xbox console line. The first installment, released in 2001, is widely credited…
Gotham City’s crime-fighting costumed vigilante has been a cinematic mainstay for more than three decades, beginning with Michael Keaton’s iconic portrayal in 1989’s Batman and its…
Jackass Forever is a movie that probably shouldn’t even exist. The last feature-length film starring Johnny Knoxville and his merry band of injury prone pals was…
We’re in the home stretch of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, and although we were fortunate enough to screen 19 films over the course of five…
Sundance 2022 is beginning to wind down: praise is being lavished, deals are being made, and the festival is closer to the end than the beginning.…
With the chaos of Sundance 2022’s opening weekend now behind us and the dust beginning to settle, we’re taking a break from screenings to catch up…
Emergency stars Donald Elise Watkins and RJ Cyler as two best friends with a singular mission: to become the first Black students at their university to…
When You Finish Saving the World finds Jesse Eisenberg stepping behind the camera for the first time, adapting his acclaimed audio drama into a feature length…
Belle, the latest offering from Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda, posits a world where a social media platform known as “U” has become the preferred choice of…
Nearly two decades after becoming the first Black woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress, Halle Berry takes on arguably her biggest challenge yet, stepping…
Allow me to open this review of Red Notice by saying that I’m a huge fan of Dwayne Johnson, and I often find myself able to…
Much in the way Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood hearkened back to the Los Angeles of yesteryear, director Edgar Wright’s new psychological thriller Last…
Denis Villeneuve’s most ambitious project to date finds the director shepherding Frank Herbert’s impossibly dense sci-fi novel Dune to the big screen. It’s a daunting task,…
Adam Randall’s Night Teeth, premiering this week on Netflix, offers a sleek and stylish riff on vampire mythology, treading familiar ground but giving the mostly by-the-numbers…
When it comes to staging eye-popping historical action, few are as adept as Ridley Scott. Simply uttering the legendary director’s name will conjure images of the…
Director Michael Showalter is best known for comedic efforts like Wet Hot American Summer and The Big Sick, so you’d be forgiven for assuming he might…
After an all-digital rendition due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, the Toronto International Film Festival returned for its 46th edition this month, offering a hybrid…
Just three years after Gustav Möller’s taut low-budget Danish thriller The Guilty, Antoine Fuqua helms this glossy American remake, leveraging his action sensibilities to squeeze a…
Michael McGowan’s adaptation of Miriam Toews’ acclaimed novel All My Puny Sorrows seeks to explore mental illness and injuries both physical and emotional through its depiction…
Vampires and filmmaking have been intertwined since the earliest days of cinema, when F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu first terrified audiences in 1922, nearly a decade before…
The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival is officially underway, kicking things off last night with the world premiere of Dear Evan Hansen, the feature film adaptation…
On paper, Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly’s Queenpins sounds like a surefire comedic premise: two Arizona women (Kristen Bell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste) amass a fortune through…
Playwright John Pollono makes his directorial debut with Small Engine Repair, adapting his acclaimed 2011 one-act stage play into a feature-length drama about a trio of…
Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s charmingly awkward portrayal of the assassin Huntress was one of the highlights of last year’s Birds of Prey, and this week’s Netflix entry…