Master Gardener
A relatively clunky and implausible character study about a troubled man attempting to atone for his past deeds is served up with mixed results in Paul Schrader's Master Gardner. Channeling [...]
Hypnotic
Director Robert Rodriguez is anything but unreliable, and he proves it again with his latest narrative feature, Hypnotic. Channeling the mind-bending properties of thrillers like Inception, Shutter Island, and Memento, [...]
Rare Objects
Over the course of the past five years or so, it has become more common to see compassionate films come out that boldly explore the traumas of sexual assault and [...]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
As a child of the 90's, Nintendo, and the characters of the Mushroom Kingdom have been a critical asset of my upbringing. Whether it was staying up late at a [...]
Smoking Causes Coughing
Get ready to board Quentin Dupieux's crazy train again with his latest endeavor, Smoking Causes Coughing (Fumer Fait Tousser), a sardonic pastiche of retro superhero shows like Mighty Morphin Power [...]
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
The 2019 Shazam! was seen as a breath of fresh air, not only for the DC universe which was licking their wounds after the disastrous results of the 2017 theatrically-released [...]
Moving On
In his previous film, writer-director Paul Weitz (About a Boy, Grandma) ventured into grief and how to rekindle friendships and eventually find closure in the Netflix comedy-drama titled Fatherhood. With [...]
Scream VI
Last year's Scream -- or Scream 5 as most reasonable folks refer to it, saw the "legacyquel/requel" formula gets its comeuppance by way of the Scream treatment. Taking a bite [...]
Champions
Overly banal and cliché, a U.S. remake of the Spanish sports comedy Campeones (2018) about the adventures of a disgraced foul-mouthed minor league basketball coach who finds himself in deep [...]
Sick
Nearly three years removed from the start of the COVID-19 lockdowns, more and more films are including the pandemic in their storytelling. This goes for dramas like last year’s The [...]