A24's The Whale is being billed as Brendan Fraser's (Doom Patrol) pièce de résistance. Personally, I find this to be an insult to this incredible man's body of work. But, let's start at the beginning. The Whale is directed by Darren Aronofsky who is known for his artsy, poignant, sometimes
Lost in the Reel's video review for Causeway As Oscar Season approaches, there is always a list of films that were considered hopefuls at the beginning, whether it be because of who is starring in it or who's behind the scenes, that end up getting completely forgotten about because they didn't live
In March of 2022, A24 released the horror film, X about a group of filmmakers who head to rural Texas in order to shoot porn. However, the farm they're staying on is home to a murderous elderly couple - Pearl and Howard. Now, Pearl is the prequel to the film allowing us to dive a little deeper into
Bodies Bodies Bodies is a new film from A24 and quite possibly one of the best horror/comedies of the last decade. The film invites you into a world of frienemies, relationships with a lot of shared history, mistrust, and lots of bloody deaths. The story centers around Bee (Maria Bakalova), a
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Jessie Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare,
In C'mon C'mon, Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) is tasked with watching his nine-year-old nephew, Jesse (Woody Norman), as his sister Viv (Gaby Hoffman) is off taking care of Jesse’s father as he experiences an intense bipolar episode. In typical A24 fashion, C'mon C'mon is highly stylized.
DC Studios is branching out. Instead of following the normal comic-book movie playbook, we're getting a movie based on the Batman villain, Clayface. Clayface is an interesting look at what we can do when a comic-book villain gets humanized a bit. The film stars Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen, an
Just like the Street Fighter movie of the 90s, it's been quite a while since someone has tried to bring the video game back to the big screen. We had Mortal Kombat II earlier this year (which led to quite the rivalry between the two casts), which made the more absurd and video game-like features
Few studios have set such a precedent within their own genre quite like Laika Studios. With each painstakingly crafted story, they consistently find new ways to level up stop motion animation and push the limits of what can be accomplished. Stop motion is already a marvelous feat of patience and
