Film Reviews & Insights
Black Bag
Steven Soderbergh returns with his delirious style with another skillfully mounted spy film titled Black Bag that's in the tradition of some of his other caper films with twists and [...]
Mickey 17
Mickey 17 is certainly a unique science fiction film that ineffectively combines satire, absurdity, overcooked ideas, and some one-dimensional performances, and its end result is a monotonous slugfest. More frequently [...]
Riff Raff
Riff Raff is a hard film to pin down, an unusual work and that is both in and against its favor. It is one of the more entertaining films of the [...]
The Monkey
Last year's thriller Longlegs, from writer/director Osgood Perkins, was among the biggest successes of last year, garnering strong critical and commercial acclaim, grossing over $125 million on a budget of [...]
Parthenope
Paolo Sorrentino has been one of the masters of cinema for two decades, but sadly, his latest film, Parthenope, does little to burnish his reputation. Known for films full of visual [...]
Captain America: Brave New World
As the first MCU film since last year's Deadpool & Wolverine, the newest entry in the ongoing saga comes after numerous delays, from both strikes, to creative overhauls involving reshoots, [...]
Heart Eyes
Coming just a week after the unique sci-fi thriller Companion is another original genre film opening early in the year that is much better than you might anticipate. A Valentine’s [...]
Companion
It's not often the first month of the year delivers a terrific horror thriller, yet here we are. This past month has given us some nice surprises in the hilarious [...]
Armand
Armand is a story about the nature of truth, and perception. It is about the lengths one is willing to go to exact a toll, and how that affects others around [...]
Presence
Highly prolific filmmaker Steven Soderbergh once delivered some innovation with his skillfully mounted ghost story Presence, in which he once again utilizes digital cameras to capture the aesthetic of the [...]
Flight Risk
Much can be said, and has been said, about the problematic nature of Mel Gibson. Setting aside his previous antics and despicable behavior, the man does know how to make [...]