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FOR LOVE OR MONEY: A Bare-bones, Functional Comedy
FOR LOVE OR MONEY: A Bare-Bones, Functional Comedy

Despite a couple of fun, breezy jokes, For Love or Money’s the narrative is neither fresh nor funny enough to be a hit with the romantic comedy crowd.

THE NIGHTINGALE: An Uncompromising Examination of the Evils of Colonialism
THE NIGHTINGALE: An Uncompromising Examination Of The Evils Of Colonialism

By using a traditional revenge movie template, Jennifer Kent reminds us that we can have no catharsis for the horrors of the past.

AVENGEMENT: A Brutal, Bone-Crunching Showcase For Scott Adkins’ Talents
AVENGEMENT: A Brutal, Bone-Crunching Showcase For Scott Adkins’ Talents

In Avengement, Scott Adkins graduates from villain status to unflinching antihero, transforming himself into a one-man trauma center.

A VIGILANTE: Women Flip The Script
A VIGILANTE: Women Flip The Script

Even as it skims too lightly over its complex themes, A Vigilante manages to capture a resilience and toughness that often goes unhailed on film.

DESTROYER: Grinding To Glory
DESTROYER: Grinding To Glory

Kidman and Kusama work impeccably together in Destroyer to create an anti-heroine who can shoulder the weight of a familiar genre while rarely giving in to easy tropes.

The Beginner’s Guide: Park Chan-wook, Director

In this Beginner’s Guide we dive into the works of South Korean director Park Chan-wook, who is best known for his excessive and notorious use of extreme violence.

POLTERHEIST: A Film That Leaves A Bad Taste In Your Mouth For All the Wrong Reasons
POLTERHEIST: Leaves A Bad Taste In Your Mouth For All The Wrong Reasons

Polterheist fails to succeed as a comedic or horrifying film, finding no progression of plot but rather further perpetuates racism, misogyny and homophobia.

PEPPERMINT: A Failed Vigilante in Feminity
PEPPERMINT: A Failed Vigilante In Feminity

Disappointingly, Peppermint is a film that feels thrown together, poorly edited and overly clichéd, with a failed take on the female vigilante.

HOLD THE DARK: Slow Burning Pulp in the Dark Heart of Alaska
HOLD THE DARK: Slow Burning Pulp In The Dark Heart Of Alaska

With some of his most impressively staged set pieces to date, Hold the Dark proves that Jeremy Saulnier is one of the most assured genre filmmakers working today.

SACRED HEART: Wrestles With Our Inner Demons

Australian writer-director Kosta Nikas’ Sacred Heart is a mature, thoughtful, and dramatic piece of filmmaking for a first-time feature director.

MANDY: Hallucinatory Nightmare Is The Year's Wildest Trip
MANDY: Hallucinatory Nightmare Is The Year’s Wildest Trip

Mandy continues to establish Cosmatos’ many predilections as a visual stylist and storyteller, albeit in a significantly more successful package.

YARDIE: A Powerful Coming-of-Age Crime Thriller Possibly Staggered By Passion
YARDIE: A Powerful Coming-Of-Age Crime Thriller Staggered By Passion

Yardie is loaded with Idris Elba’s enthusiasm, but feels decidedly less confident in the wake of other recent directorial debuts.

REVENGE: An Intriguing But Uneven Scandinavian Thriller

Despite its strong beginning and its tangled plot and hard-to-ignore plot holes, the Norwegian thriller Revenge is an enjoyable film.

UPGRADE: Pulpy Violence and Unexpected Humor In Blumhouse Thriller
UPGRADE: Pulpy Violence & Unexpected Humor In Blumhouse Thriller

Upgrade a gleefully nasty film that relies on a unique mixture of futuristic beautiful landscapes and old-school grindhouse fun.

OVERBOARD: A Modern Update of a Neo-Screwball Classic
OVERBOARD: A Modern Update Of A Neo-Screwball Classic

Overboard takes the basic structure of the original film and gives it a modern update, with Eugenio Derbez and Anna Faris both giving enjoyable and endearing performances while not losing all the screwball charm of the original.