film reviews
'Reptile' Is a Parody of a Noir Thriller
Directed by Grant Singer
PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2023
What the hell does this movie have to do with reptiles? There aren't any lizards in the movie (nor any mention of them that I recall), and...
'Expend4bles' Forgets Wh4t M4de the Fr4nchise Enjoy4ble
Directed by Scott Waugh
PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2023
Nearly a decade removed from its predecessor, The Expendables 4 (or officially, Expend4bles, which raises the question of why the last one...
'It Lives Inside' Can't Get Outside of Horror Tropes
Directed by Bishal Dutta
PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2023
Many of the most resonant and memorable horror films are allegorical in nature. From Rosemary's Baby to Hereditary, they claw at our fears,...
'When Morning Comes' Captures the Bittersweet Beauty of a Childhood Memory
Directed by Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2023
When Morning Comes tenderly displays the bittersweetness of longing for a place or person before even having said goodbye. The film begins...
'Hate to Love: Nickelback' Has All the Right Reasons, but Little Insight
Directed by Leigh Brooks
PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2023
If you still claim to hate Nickelback, trying listening to "Photograph" — and, this time, really listen to it, forgetting about all those c...
Talking Heads' Remaster of 'Stop Making Sense' Clarifies the Best Concert Film Ever
Directed by Jonathan Demme
PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2023
We should all know how it starts by now: David Byrne walks on stage with only an acoustic guitar and boombox, the theatre's backstage area...
Survival Drama 'The End We Start From' Looks for a New Beginning Amidst the Climate Crisis
Directed by Mahalia Belo
PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2023
Survival dramas have a way of refocusing the things that are most important in life: safety, family, and the comfort of not fearing tomorro...
'Knox Goes Away' Doesn't Go Away Quickly Enough
Directed by Michael Keaton
PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2023
Any expectation that Knox Goes Away is a high-octane, adrenaline-spiking thrill ride about an assassin who steadily loses his faculties sho...