The Invisible Man
by Ben Rothrock Right from the beginning, The Invisible Man isn’t setting out to be just another reboot. Most modern reboots, especially ones based on well known properties, try to [...]
Young Ahmed
They are the modern masters of cinematic parables and social realism, the Belgium filmmaking sibling duo known as the Dardenne brothers continue their empathetic and emotionally raw sensibilities with their [...]
Horse Girl
The Sundance film Horse Girl has landed a wide release on Netflix. Directed by Jeff Baena and co-written by him and its star Alison Brie, it's the story of a [...]
Zombi Child
Haiti is the ghost that plagues Bertrand Bonello, and in "Zombi Child" it is far from being a ghost film, and contrary to what the title leads you to believe, [...]
The Photograph (2020)
Valentine's Day has usually been a mixed bag in terms of quality romantic films at the box office. With the highly profitable but much maligned "Fifty Shades" trilogy and 2010's [...]
Sonic the Hedgehog
Based on the Sega video game franchise of the same name, this movie had all the ingredients to be a disaster. Video game movies, as many already know, don’t have [...]
The Lodge
The 2019 Sundance hit film "The Lodge," which is either a psychological horror film about individuals trapped in purgatory, or a psychological study about trauma in the modern era, stands [...]
Color Out of Space
Having been burned out by the studio system after his firing from the 1996 disaster "The Island of Dr. Moreau", filmmaker Richard Stanley ("Hardwire", "Dust Devil") has maintained a quiet [...]
The Gentlemen
“The Gentlemen” is the most recent addition to the canon of British gangster/caper films that made Guy Ritchie a household name, beginning way back in 1999 with “Lock, Stock and [...]
Les Misérables (2019)
The Oscar nominated French film "Les Misérables" may share the same title of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, but it's far from an adaptation or retelling. Rather, it's a harrowing reworking [...]