Derrick Murray is a Los Angeles based film critic and Content Producer for ForReel. He has covered numerous film festivals including Sundance, TIFF, SXSW and Venice and was previously selected for the TIFF Media Inclusion Initiative. He can always be found watching movies in a theater with a large popcorn.
Fear not, Space Ranger. Pixar has done it again, beating the odds and proving that you just can't count out Woody and the gange, ever. Toy Story 5 is a triumph, an emotionally devastating but hopeful continuation of everyone's favorite toys and their journey amid the changing cultural landscape.
Though marital arts action cinema is vast and varied, it is rare for one to elevate the genre and push it forward. There have been few recently - The Raid comes to mind, and while not technically "martial arts" I'd argue John Wick counts - that feel as if something new and special is happening.
With The Furious coming to theaters June 12th, we got a chance to sit down with the new marital arts mayhem director Kenji Tanigaki. Hot off his most recent Stunt Coordinator work in Twilight of the Warrior: Walled In (an excellent hidden action gem you should also check out) The Furious is a non
Lee Cronin's The Mummy has arrived on Digital VOD, giving fans an opportunity to check out this new nasty body horror film at home. With the 4K UHD releasing on July 14th, we got a chance to sit down with Lee Cronin himself and talk about his latest feature. Lee was great to speak to do and
Adam Carter Rehmeier's work has grown on me with each new directorial outing. Diners in America grabbed my attention, and while I wasn't as high on Snack Shack as others, I was again struck by his uncanny ability to capture the Americana of rural small town life. He's also proven himself quite
There was a time where the path of a stand up comedian was straight and narrow: create a killer 30 minutes, tour that across the county, wait for the sitcom or movie offer and then convert that special into a Hollywood hit. It was a rinse and repeat method that has led to many of the most famous
The Apothecary Diaries has the cast finally begin to prepare for the incoming locust plague in Ep. 52 "The Last Volume". Sure, they could've prepared much sooner. However, without the intel gained in this episode, those preparations wouldn't have been nearly as guided as they are here. Now it's
For a film called All Of A Sudden, very little happens suddenly in Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s sensitive portrayal of friendship and care. The director (Drive My Car) has a particularly patient style of filmmaking that is not universally appealing, but it captures humanity in all its messy earnestness.
Sasaki and Peeps gives us plots galore being brewed up, as you might expect from Ep. 15 "Concealment and Infiltration" with that title. Complete with both the faking of a death and an undercover operation to investigate the death game faction. It's all great ingredients for some serious political