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Unfocused to the core, Capone will leave viewers with more questions than answers.
We salute Rudy Ray Moore, who had a wild idea, got his pals and like-minded folks together, wrangled some money, and went out to make a movie.
There are shades of the director’s previous work, but The Irishman is like an amalgamation after decades behind the lens.
In his first report from the San Diego International Film Festival, Tynan Yanaga covers The Irishman, Doing Money and Inside The Rain.
Velocipaster would have worked better as a short film. As is, it pulls itself into too many directions with random plot lines.
Sonatine, Takeshi Kitano’s riff off the Yakuza genre, helped him gain an audience outside of his native Japan. Read our review to learn more.
First Love mixes and matches generic elements freely and playfully, making it impossible to pin down into one category.
Yes, it’s a dark crime drama – but The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil is more mainstream friendly than most South Korean thrillers.
As a follow-up to our previous recommendations on underrated 1940s noir for Noirvember, we jump a decade later, to the 1950s.
The saying goes that the story writes itself, but White Boy Rick shows that even the best tales can be crafted into a boring, listless film.
Ozark’s sophomore season lives up to both critic and viewer expectations with a complex web of storylines and characters intricately placed to be the visual chess board TV has been waiting for.
Bleeding Steel is a chaotic and extravagant attempt to imitate the futuristic settings of other box office fare of its time, which only highlighted the throwback quality of the central character.
Aside from an occasional spark from Travolta, Gotti is a wholly derivative affair, and under Connolly’s guiding hand, a crudely executed and completely incoherent one at that.
An exhausting watch, Racer and the Jailbird never figures out which direction it wants to go in, never forging a true sense of character.
Whether basking in the glory of its noir-style lighting, or admiring its Ennio Morricone-influenced score, or even if just a fan of the hodgepodge of films referenced in some way, there’s at least something in Pickings for people to enjoy.
