Deep Water
Well, there is one thing that can be said about director Adrian Lyne, he seems obsessed with the themes of infidelity and the unfaithfulness of significant others in his films. [...]
The Outfit
An impressively written and wrought gangster thriller set in 1950s Chicago that is both dramatic and suspenseful, The Outfit marks the directorial debut of Oscar winning American screenwriter and author [...]
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Filmmaker Ti West came bursting out of the gate in the 2000s as a critical player in the “Mumblecore” movement among the likes of Greta Gerwig and Joe Swanberg. The [...]
The Adam Project
Reuniting with the director of the financially successful, but creatively bankrupt, Free Guy, director Shawn Levy, leading man Ryan Reynolds has chosen yet another starring vehicle that relies heavily on [...]
Turning Red
As someone who has paid close attention to Pixar’s depiction and representation of people of color over the years, it always comes as a delightful surprise to see announcements of [...]
Fresh
There is much to say about Mimi Caves’ Fresh, though not to be confused with the 1994 film Fresh directed by Boaz Yakin, starring Samuel L. Jackson. This dark comedy [...]
After Yang
The kind of sci-fi film that can easily be labeled as a thinking person's sci-fi, After Yang is a futuristic, emotionally tender sci-fi saga that merges innovative technology of the [...]
The Batman
What was once a solo project for Ben Affleck has now morphed into an entirely new adaptation of the Caped Crusader, one that stands apart from the current DC extended [...]
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
As the ninth film in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, the aptly-titled Texas Chainsaw Massacre, heading straight to Netflix, won’t win any points for originality, keeping in line with the [...]
Bigbug
The films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet have always been quite delectable, spewing splashes of colorful feasts throughout his films or art-house aesthetics with almost noir themes. Jeunet is, without a doubt, [...]