Naomi Watts

Horrific Inquiry: FUNNY GAMES (2007)

Horror films have trained us to expect the final girl, but Funny Games does not acknowledge this hope and desire for survival.

Horrific Inquiry: THE RING (2002)

It may not stand against the test of time in all that it has to deliver, but The Ring still proves to audiences why it never sleeps. 

Horrific Inquiry: GOODNIGHT MOMMY (2022)

Goodnight Mommy is a decent horror vehicle, designed to entertain but lacking the stamina and direction to terrify.

GOODNIGHT MOMMY Trailer
GOODNIGHT MOMMY Trailer

Twin brothers arrive at their mother’s house and begin to suspect that something isn’t right. Remake of the 2014 Austrian film.

INFINITE STORM: A Whimper Instead Of A Gale
INFINITE STORM: A Whimper Instead Of A Gale

A harrowing true story is rendered inert by the light touch on its most interesting aspects in The Infinite Storm.

INFINITE STORM: A Whimper Instead Of A Gale
Infinite Storm trailer

When a climber gets caught in a blizzard, she encounters a stranded stranger and must get them both down the mountain before nightfall.

KING KONG Gave Me A Primal Crush On Adrien Brody
KING KONG Gave Me A Primal Crush On Adrien Brody

Despite the star power, it’s Adrien Brody, playing the sad, mopey playwright Jack Driscoll, that outshines them all.

BOSS LEVEL: A Radical Action Riot Suck On Repeat
BOSS LEVEL: A Radical Action Riot Stuck On Repeat

Boss Level might not break new ground, but it’s throughly entertaining and worth watching at least once, if not time and time again.

THE WOLF HOUR: The Insanity Within Art
THE WOLF HOUR: The Insanity Within Art

While the film may lose a few along the way due to its drawn out pace, many will find themselves enthralled with what The Wolf Hour has to offer.

THE WOLF HOUR Trailer
THE WOLF HOUR Trailer

The city is on a knife’s edge, a pressure-cooker about to explode into the incendiary 1977 New York blackout riots.

LUCE: Lies, Identity And Plenty Of Thrills
LUCE: Lies, Identity & Plenty Of Thrills

Luce is a fascinating and thrilling study of gender, race and identity with compelling performances from the cast. Brent Goldman reviews.

OPHELIA: An Enticing Revisionist Film That Showcases Daisy Ridley's Talents
OPHELIA: An Enticing Revisionist Film That Showcases Daisy Ridley’s Talents

Told from a female perspective, and benefitting from a seminal performance by Daisy Ridley, Ophelia rewrites history in a more favorable light.

LUCE Trailer
LUCE Trailer

In Luce, a married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student.

Ophelia: A Beautifully Filmed Perspective Of a Tortured Character
OPHELIA: A Beautiful But Uninspiring Re-Imagining

Led by a sheepish Daisy Ridley performance, Ophelia, a revisionist take on Hamlet, doesn’t have the feminist credentials it thinks it does.

THE GLASS CASTLE: Tidiness Undermines Impact
THE GLASS CASTLE: Tidiness Undermines Impact

Despite a talented cast and crew, The Glass Castle ultimately fails as an adaptation of the famous memoir due to some questionable decisions.