I'm actually quite fond of irreverent road trip/coming-of-age comedies. I find the simple premise of a ragtag group of unlikely friends taking an unlikely journey for a pretty silly reason (usually a girl) and getting into hijinks along the way a lot of fun. It's a repetitive narrative that never
The Sheep Detectives is a towering testament of how powerful animated stories can be when done right. A genuine crowdpleaser, the film is sure to warm and break your heart, wrestling with richly textured explorations of death and grief, lost and found families, and the necessity of memory.
Hokum is a story about telling stories, and all of the elevated frights and scares mined from timeless sources of culture lend it all to feel but lived in and supernaturally surreal. Smart choices like this leave me wanting more from both McCarthy and Irish folktales. They gave us whiskey and
Prison dramas have a soft spot in my heart. I am fascinated by the system overall - it's flaws and corrosive effect over incarceration has on society at large - and find their cinema interpretations deeply intriguing. There's a plethora of bad ones; for every Oz or The Night Of TV series or Sing
The new horror reimagining Lee Cronin's The Mummy is now in playing in theaters, and we got a chance to speak with one of its stars. Veronica Falcón, known for her popular works in Queen of the South, Ozark, and Imaginary. Here she plays Carmen Santiago, the matriarch of the Cannon family and
Putting your name in the title of the movie is a bold move for anyone not named Steven Spielberg or Quentin Tarantino, even if it's just to separate it from familiar IP. I don't know that Lee Cronin quite has the repertoire to demand such a thing, but in his latest film, he most certainly works to
I'm not completely sold on the Bob Odenkirk action star rebrand. That's not a knock on him, either. I actually think he fits the role quite well, given the right circumstances - those being the break out Nobody which remains the best use of his new look. But something about it feels off and
Sometimes the best way to access the core of a film is to let it take you over completely. Locked behind metaphorical dialogue and an obtuse artistry, the key to the door is simply letting it all in and fester inside until the understanding comes to light. You can't second-screen a film like this,