Bergman Island
Mia Hansen-Løve follows up her acclaimed and artful French dramas Things to Come, Eden, and Goodbye First Love, with Bergman Island, another ambiguous, clever, dreamy, and meta-driven script she also [...]
Halloween Kills
Delivering on its amusingly blunt title, Halloween Kills does exactly that; it kills, and quite brutally. Through all the previous eleven films in the franchise -- ten, if you exclude [...]
The Last Duel
In its visual grandeur and operatic style, The Last Duel, Ridley Scott's highly anticipated medieval epic that Scott has attempted to recapture the glory of his Oscar winning Best Picture [...]
2011 Retrospective: The Best Films of 2011
Each time I do these retrospectives I go all the way back and revisit many films that were released in the given year. I found that there was a common [...]
The Addams Family 2
The Addams are a family who, despite their bizarre attributes, continue to live a “normal” life amongst the many people who see how idiosyncratic this family really is. But they [...]
Lamb
Sensory, sporadically goofy and at times ominous, Valdimar Johansson's debut feature Lamb is a folklore surrealist dark comedy/horror thriller that delivers some great impact with arresting visuals and strong performances [...]
No Time To Die
Every generation has their James Bond(s). For my father it was Sean Connery as a kid, Roger Moore as a teen. The goofier gadgets, bodacious woman and campy storylines were [...]
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Somewhat surprisingly Venom: Let There Be Carnage, the sequel to the almost-billion dollar grossing meh-fest that was Venom, is a good deal of fun. Taking from the strengths of its predecessor [...]
The Many Saints of Newark
After nearly 15 years since its final episode date, The Sopranos has remained widely known as one of the best TV shows of all time, exploring the depths of characters [...]
The Guilty (2021)
The principles that seem to be working for Antoine Fuqua's filmography these days is just how versatile he is in the projects he's hired to direct, and most of the [...]