Film Reviews & Insights
Forbidden Fruits
Director Meredith Alloway's feature debut titled Forbidden Fruits, based on Lily Houghton's 2019 play, is a witchy horror-comedy that starts clever and features superb casting. All the actresses are terrific [...]
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
Oscar-winner Daniel Roher directs this enlightening documentary about the existential uncertainties—both hopeful and cynical—surrounding the rise of artificial intelligence with The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist . [...]
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
The 2023 blockbuster adaptation of the iconic Nintendo video games The Super Mario Brothers Movie was an overwhelming hit at the box office, grossing over $1.3 billion worldwide. The film, [...]
The Drama
An uncomfortable narrative about discomfort, Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama is nonetheless a wrenching framework thanks to the director’s immense skill for anxiety-inducing drama, dark humor, and raising uncomfortable questions in [...]
A Magnificent Life
The third animated feature from French writer/director Sylvain Chomet, A Magnificent Life doesn't quite reach the emotional impact or narrative innovation of his previous masterpieces, The Triplets of Belleville and [...]
Reminders of Him
Author Colleen Hoover seems to be the new "it" author to adapt in Hollywood. After the smash hit success of her novel adaptation It Ends With Us -- that's before [...]
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere is another presentation from the British documentarian and journalist. This time, he tackles not Jimmy Saville or any single notorious figure, but a movement, and [...]
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Reuniting directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett with writer Guy Busick, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come dives back into bloody chaos. It carries the unenviable burden of following a [...]
Project Hail Mary
Author Andy Weir's 2021 novel Project Hail Mary has become one of the most popular best-selling books of this decade. The author's previous novel The Martian was adapted by director [...]
Tow
It's quite evident by now that Rose Byrne is an actress of outstanding range and various textures. In Two, written and directed by Stephanie Laing, Byrne returns as a mother enduring [...]
Undertone
The horror genre has spawned many sub-genres over the years, and it can be fun to see the various creative experiments and avenues horror provides filmmakers. But like all experiments, [...]