While “Stardust City Rag” attempts to elevate the series, the whole episode feels tired, limp, and lacking in any coherent vision.
Last week, Holly Gibney (Cynthia Erivo) was in jeopardy, Ralph (Ben Mendelsohn) was really trying…
Anne at 13,000 ft might not be exciting in the traditional sense, but it’s a film with hard-earned dramatic realism, and that is a type of excitement we don’t often see in cinema.
In She’s in Portland, the elements feel superficial, with the core relationship feeling especially hackneyed.
Shelter is the kind of film you watch when you want something that is wholesome, but not chaste, that will end happy.
Coupled with skill in front and behind the camera, It is not gore or a body count but pure tension that pulsates through Dead Sound, pushing it forward.
Downhill skews and scraps the richness of its predecessor and replaces it with dragging drama and cringy comedy.
In Hope Gap, a couple’s visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother.
Wilson Kwong ends his coverage of Sundance with reviews of Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor and a documentary detailing the life of a Hong Kong legend (Bruce Lee, in Bao Nguyen’s Be Water).
In spite of some of its trip-ups, it’s hard to find something so genuine in its portrayal of the prevalent anger and worry of these times.
We take a look at the recent home video releases of Viy (1967), Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971), The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On (1987) and Very Bad Things (1998).
Pivoting from steely resolve to emotional profundity, the brilliant evolution in its final moments cements The Whistlers as an unconventionally thoughtful experience.
This adaptation of The Call of the Wild doesn’t quite have the same impact as Jack London’s bold portrayal of nature versus man. But it’s hard to decry it all the same.
It has been all too easy for many to forget about what happened and is still happening in Flint. That alone should make this documentary essential viewing.
WOLFEN: Horror, Capitalism & The Environment
Watching Wolfen in 2020 is like opening a time capsule full of predictions that have all come true.