Writer/Director Macon Blair is trying to bring back the chaotic road-trip comedy with The Shitheads. But does it work? I’m unsure. There are moments that land and genuine laughs sprinkled throughout, but it has left me wondering if the movie itself misses the mark or if I’ve simply outgrown this
There's no sense in burying the lede here. Obsession is about as good as horror gets, making an absolute meal out of its simple premise and delivering just about everything you could want from a genre film. It's smart, sometimes funny, always entertaining and often downright terrifying. Its expert
Let’s talk about one of my favorite films to come out of SXSW, Edie Arnold is a Loser. The story is a coming-of-age indie film that channels teenage alienation through the raw energy of punk. The story follows the shy Catholic School dork, Edie Arnold, who is dragged against her will to a punk
Let's keep it really simple with this review, Project Hail Mary is one of those movies that you watch and while you're sitting in the theater, you're hoping you can somehow go back and see it for the first time again. There are scenes, sections, moments, pieces of this film that dazzle, that charm,
It's always a risk when you ask a performer to shoulder a film and carry it over the finish line. Sometimes it works, the star's sheer charisma is enough to override the glaring flaws. But often times, no matter how bright that star shines it can't outshine the weaknesses. Thus is the case with
I am such a sucker for films that make their setting a character. The kind where the city itself is so integral to the story it can't be made anywhere else. I also love a good 70s crime thriller, character-driven narratives packed with equal heart and thrills. Enter The Only Living Pickpocket in
"The Debut" turns a comedy that pokes fun at the sincerity of the local stage and elevates it to a fascinating character study of a woman on the edge. While still being hilarious.
In Ink, Danny Boyle explores the launch of the British newspaper The Sun. The tabloid was created as a paper full of things people want to read but feel they shouldn't. It broke ground in 1960 in London for speaking openly about sex, putting sport on the front pages and embracing the working man.
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
