Snatched Review
Good supporting characters are a godsend for any comedy, but what happens when these side-pawns overshadow leading roles? Such is the dilemma throughout Snatched. Writer Katie Dippold’s on-page...
View ArticleExclusive Video Interview: Dwayne Johnson Talks Baywatch And Black Adam
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water – well, actually, it is! Seth Gordon’s Baywatch calls lifeguard legends Mitch Buchannon and C.J. Parker back to their famed tower post, but...
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Ron Perlman Says Hellboy 3 Would Have Been Epic
It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for Hellboy fans lately. Several months ago, Guillermo del Toro got our hopes up by saying that a third instalment in his series was looking likely. That didn’t...
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Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Review
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is the four-quel you’d expect from the guys who brought you Bandidas. Yes, *that* Bandidas! Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg bulk up running times,...
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Baywatch Review
Here’s my knee-jerk reaction to Seth Gordon’s Baywatch reboot: “This cast is onto something!” Dwayne Johnson is so passionate about playing Mitch Buchannon (in David Hasselhoff’s wake), down to his...
View ArticleWar Machine Review
David Michôd’s War Machine marks Netflix’s second assessment of America’s Middle Eastern strategies in barely a month. Fernando Coimbra’s Sand Castle questioned Iraq-war involvement, and now – weeks...
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Wonder Woman Review
Upon the first sun-soaked glimpses of Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman (of breathtaking Themyscira), Diana Prince’s standalone adventure warms with poise and confidence. Jenkins’ intent is always to...
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It Comes At Night Review
Trey Edward Shults, you bleak harbinger of the inevitable. What a death grip It Comes At Night is. Constantly barebones, yet tense and suffocating. You’ve seen movies about man’s demise and societal...
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The Mummy Review
Director Alex Kurtzman accepts the daunting task of kickstarting Universal’s “Dark Universe” with The Mummy, and holy hexes, first impressions are not favorable. Wonky structuring and general tone...
View ArticleKilling Ground Review [Fantasia 2017]
While dive-bar patrons argue over how nonlinear storytelling hasn’t worked since Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, Damien Power’s Killing Ground proves that jumps-in-time can *indeed* bolster...
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Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets Review
Luc Besson’s Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets opens, sans surprise, with David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” launching our senses into orbit. A perfect musical selection, correct? Yes, until the...
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Dunkirk Review
Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk is a bombastic force of cinematic warfare. See it in IMAX 70mm if you can. There’s nothing pretentious about watching a movie as the director intended, 75% of which was shot...
View ArticleLowlife Review [Fantasia 2017]
Ryan Prows’ Lowlife is a true-to-form sonofabitch. From frame one, the film smacks of Tarantino hoodishness – but sustainability is key. A larger story is divided into chapters, as Prows navigates this...
View ArticleLogan Lucky Review
If your script is good enough to pull Steven Soderbergh from “retirement,” color me intrigued. Such is true of Logan Lucky. An Ocean’s 7-11 hootenanny with Southern charm and Coen sensibilities....
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Better Watch Out Review [Fantasia 2017]
Chris Peckover’s Better Watch Out (formerly Safe Neighborhood) is more a gift-wrapped home invasion tickler than break-in terrorizer à la The Strangers, but that doesn’t translate to a lack of creeps....
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Sequence Break Review [Fantasia 2017]
Graham Skipper’s Sequence Break is a digital rabbit hole; an abyss of frothy goop slathered atop rubberized effects. Its very title foreshadows existential conflict, while an arcade kaleidoscope...
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The Dark Tower Review
Sincere condolences, Stephen King fans. My words greet you today as a pulverizer of hope; a dasher of dreams. Here to confirm that Hollywood’s adaptation of The Dark Tower – which some have waited...
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Detroit Review
Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit is a powder-keg of injustice. For two-plus hours, we’re held captive by racist officers who are – undeniably – scarier than any Hollywood horror franchise. Remember how we all...
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Ingrid Goes West Review
Matt Spicer’s darkly comedic Ingrid Goes West is a scary, relevant, anti live-in-skin “thriller” dusted with millennial glitter. Dare I hope audiences might silence their phones for 97 minutes and...
View ArticleAnnabelle: Creation Review
David F. Sandberg’s Annabelle: Creation proves that history does, in fact, repeat itself – and not by following in John R. Leonetti’s footsteps (director of Annabelle). Sandberg takes a page out of...
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