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THE ELECTRIC STATE: It's Probably Written By A Robot
THE ELECTRIC STATE: It’s Probably Written By A Robot

The Electric State is a turgid mishmash of sci-fi with little uniqueness, bland characters, and a story so eye-rolling it may have been written by AI.

MICKEY 17: Double The Pattinson, Double The Fun
MICKEY 17: Double The Pattinson, Double The Fun

Mickey 17 ripped apart the rule book for a Hollywood sci-fi movie, and its box-office success will hopefully lead to Joon-Ho getting even more runway next time around.

BLOODY AXE WOUND: Struggling To Find Identity
BLOODY AXE WOUND: Struggling To Find Identity

Bloody Axe Wound’s ideas were there but the writing couldn’t back them up or bring them to a place where we could fully care about anything happening.

LAST BREATH: An All Killer, No Filler Deep-Sea Docudrama
LAST BREATH: An All Killer, No Filler Deep-Sea Docudrama

Last Breath is a movie that strips away all the Hollywood fluff, but turns in a delightfully-tense docudrama-thriller.

THE MONKEY: A Disgustingly Bloody Good Time
THE MONKEY: A Disgustingly Bloody Good Time

Like a Saturday Morning cartoon drenched in blood, The Monkey throws everything it can at its audiences.

PLAY IT AS IT LAYS and the Existential Nightmare of Hollywood
PLAY IT AS IT LAYS and the Existential Nightmare of Hollywood

Play It as It Lays is the rare adaptation of a literary masterpiece that lives up to the source material.

COMPANION: Not Your Typical Robot Buddy
COMPANION: Not Your Typical Robot Buddy

It’s 97 minutes of pure bonkers cinema and it deserves to be watched by as many people as possible.

One Night in Tokyo review
ONE NIGHT IN TOKYO: A Modest Indie Overcoming The Barrier of Language

Any chance I get to live vicariously through someone else’s experience in Japan, I’ll take…

PRESENCE: It’s Not Scary At All, And I Still Love It

Presence is not a good horror movie. Instead, the film succeeds as a melancholy drama.

WOLF MAN: is a Dog
WOLF MAN is a Dog

The best that can be said for Wolf Man is that, like its well-intentioned yet nevertheless obviously doomed protagonist, its heart is in the right place. 

BABYGIRL: Who’s Your Daddy?
BABYGIRL: Who’s Your Daddy?

Babygirl’s depictions of kink, while surface-level can ultimately be read as an intricate and compelling portrait of powerplay as direction. 

STRANGE DARLING: A Six Chapter Thriller Masterclass
STRANGE DARLING: A Six Chapter Thriller Masterclass

Strange Darling is fresh and original, a thriller for the ages on an indie budget.

Despicable Me 4 review
DESPICABLE ME 4: Nothing New With The Gru Crew

I realized many years ago that Illumination’s animated films are all about gags over stories.…

BLACK CAB: The Everything Bagel Of Road Horror

Black Can is worth a one time watch, if for no other reason than to see Nick Frost really let loose.

WOMAN OF THE HOUR: The Right Focus

Woman of The Hour did an amazing job of capturing a time and place while still keeping it relevant for today’s world.