‘Deepwater Horizon’ Succeeds By Treading Shallow Waters (FILM REVIEW)
Director Peter Berg manages to simplify the Deepwater Horizon tragedy to be easily understood by the masses.
‘Miss Peregrine’ Asks the Tough Questions Like ‘Does Tim Burton Suck?’ (FILM REVIEW)
A heavy hand and a plodding script keep Miss Peregrine from ever reaching the heights of its promise.
Fantastic Fest Days 3 & 4: From The Ludicrous To The Lo-Fi
Was Raw as stomach churning as they say? Did we make it through without passing out? Find out as our Fantastic Fest coverage continues.
Fantastic Fest Continues to Delight in Day 2
Fantast Fest flexes its muscles and showcases the diversity of its showcase as day two of the genre film festival got underway.
Fantastic Fest Starts Off With Some Twists And Turns (Of The Stomach)
The world’s largest genre film festival kicks off 2016 with an appropriately diverse and wholly original entries
‘The Magnificent Seven’ Delights in All Possible Ways (FILM REVIEW)
Antoine Fuqua smashes expectations with his remake of The Magnificent Seven.
‘Blair Witch’ Reclaims the Found Footage Throne (FILM REVIEW)
The surprise sequel to The Blair Witch Project makes for an intriguing companion piece to the original film and heightens the terror.
‘Miss Stevens’ Is A Bittersweet, Unconventional Coming-Of-Age Tale (FILM REVIEW)
Miss Stevens presents a poignant, captivating look at the pitfalls of adulthood.
‘Silicon Cowboys’ Sheds Light On The Cultural Origins Of Silicon Valley (FILM REVIEW)
Silicon Cowboys takes an intriguing, if occasionally tedious, journey back to the early days of the tech start up scene.
‘Sully’ Fails to Take Off (FILM REVIEW)
Sully is a decent movie made by capable people, but it could’ve been so much more.
‘The Light Between Oceans’ Is the Snoozefest of 2016 (FILM REVIEW)
Real life chemistry isn’t enough to keep The Light Between Oceans from being painfully dull.
‘Morgan’ A Derivative, Predictable Waste (FILM REVIEW)
A complete and total waste of a fine cast, Morgan plods through a familiar narrative towards a conclusion telegraphed far too early.
‘Don’t Breathe’ Raises the Bar for Suspense (FILM REVIEW)
Fede Alvarez hits another horror homerun with this home invasion thriller.
‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Is Movie Magic at Its Finest (FILM REVIEW)
Triumph only begins to describe the wonder of Kubo and the Two Strings.
‘Hell or High Water’ A Stunning Look at the American Outlaw (FILM REVIEW)
Timeless and beautiful, Hell or High Water may just be the best film of the year.
‘Pete’s Dragon’ A Bold, Beautiful Reimagining (FILM REVIEW)
[rating=8.00] It would be easy to condemn Disney for their current double-dipping trend if they weren’t doing it so well. It seemed a rather silly notion, at first. Remaking the animated hits of yesterday into live action epics felt cheap, a way to line their coffers by catering to nostalgia at the risk of lessening […]
‘Sausage Party’ A Self-Indulgent Ode to Crassness (FILM REVIEW)
You could watch Sausage Party or you could watch an adolescent laugh at their own dick jokes for 90 minutes. Same thing, really.
‘Suicide Squad’ Improves DC’s Cinematic Universe, Despite Suffering From All The Same Pitfalls (FILM REVIEW)
Despite a unique approach, Suicide Squad ends up suffering from the usual DC cinematic pitfalls.
‘Jason’ is ‘Bourne’ Bad (FILM REVIEW)
Jason Bourne treads familiar waters in this ill-advised cash in.
‘Bad Moms’ Celebrates the Warts of Motherhood (FILM REVIEW)
Though often flawed, Bad Moms still manages to charm with its hilarious, true to life depiction of moms.