GODZILLA x KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE
By far the silliest entry in Warner's Monsterverse saga so far, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire eschews the human touch altogether and...
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FILM REVIEWS
- Mar 30
YELLOW DOOR: '90s LO-FI FILM CLUB
For cinephiles in general, and Bong Joon-Ho fans in particular, Yellow Door is a nostalgic treat, but an overall lack of explanatory...
- Mar 25
SKUNK
As a raw, unflinching portrait of a teenager fighting off parental abuse and trauma in an institution Skunk would have resonated a lot...
- Mar 25
GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is a serviceable sequel that starts off well but gradually gets bogged down in an underdeveloped narrative...
- Mar 24
DREAM SCENARIO
Unlike most other films that dream up an out-there premise, Dream Scenario cleverly follows through on its timely themes and brooding...
- Mar 22
HOLLY
When the film leans into its Stephen King inspired paranormal subtext Holly shines brightest. Alas director Fien Troch is more interested...
- Mar 20
KUNG FU PANDA 4
The fun energy between Jack Black and new recruit Awkwafina adds freshness to Kung Fu Panda 4 and the action scenes are a blast but too...
- Mar 17
J'AIME LA VIE
For a film that was marketed as an ode to life J’aime la Vie is a surprisingly drab and joyless affair: the movie hopes to coast by on...
- Mar 15
THE TASTE OF THINGS (LA PASSION DE DODIN BOUFFANT)
Do not go hungry into French film The Taste of Things or you risk salivating two hours on end, not so much for the trifle of a story or...
- Mar 13
MAY DECEMBER
Is the camp there to mask the seriousness of the subject in May December, or does director Todd Haynes use it to hide in plain sight that...
- Mar 7
HOW TO HAVE SEX
The raw emotion and astute observations in rite of passage film How to Have Sex owe a lot to the excellent lead performance of Mia...
- Mar 6
AMERICAN FICTION
Is American Fiction enough of a satire to make a valid, stingy critique on the African-American perception or is the film mere...
- Mar 3
NEXT GOAL WINS
If most of what you see in Next Goal Wins hadn’t actually happened you would not have believed it, and even if you would, Taika Waititi’s...
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