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Michael Shoob’s Road to Everywhere begins with a question disguised as small talk. In 1994 Los Angeles, cab driver Jason Schuyler (Whip Hubley) tries chatting with Rachel, a passenger who … Continue Reading ‘Road To Everywhere’ Review: A Long Road That Could Use A Shorter Trip
There is something admirable about watching a filmmaker swing much bigger than the budget probably allows. Johnny Yong Bosch does exactly that with Spades, his feature directorial debut, a bloody action-revenge thriller that feels like The Crow or Ghost Rider stripped down to street level. It is messy, overlong, and occasionally held back…
Love under Franco’s regime was never going to be simple. For women, for queer people, for anyone who fell outside the rigid expectations of conservative Spanish society, desire itself could become an act of rebellion. Mario Garza’s Censurada understands that immediately. Its premise is exciting and original…
Courtney Marsh’s Where Did the Adults Go? is built around a very simple idea: three adult siblings return to their late parents’ summer home and immediately revert back into children. That part works.The problem is almost everything surrounding it. Cynthia (Carey Cox) arrives at the house with more than grief.
I hurt my foot real bad in November 2024. Sprained tendons take a long time to heal. I wore a foot boot, and walked on crutches for three weeks. I … Continue Reading ‘6,000 Waiting’ Review: A Humanizing Look at Disability Rights That Deserves More Time
Brad Courtemanche’s What Only Cicadas See has all the ingredients for a compelling modern thriller: true-crime obsession, amateur investigators, artificial intelligence, rural isolation, and a string of grotesque murders hiding a larger pattern. The problem is that the film spends so much time circling those ideas that by the time,,,
There is absolutely no way to intellectualize this. Trust me, I tried. I’m just gonna shoot super straight here, so bare with me. I hate leopard print. It’s ugly and … Continue Reading ‘Killer Thong’ Review: A Giant Nothing Burger of a Movie…
Artificial intelligence is the topic at the top of the sci-fi genre, but most stories approach it from the same direction of machines becoming smarter than humanity, and civilization pays … Continue Reading ‘Open A Eye’ Season 1 Review: Technology Isn’t Always The Villain
“May The Road Rise Up To Meet You.” This line from the film stuck out to me because it captures the main question of the film: How do we meet … Continue Reading ‘All Saints Day’ Review: A Moving Portrait of Family, Addiction, and the Limits of Love
There is no shortage of documentaries celebrating exceptional people. Shirin Behzadi is no exception. Directed by Alexander Kwanje, Unbreakable Soul – Episode 1: Resilience Amidst Chaos introduces audiences to the … Continue Reading ‘Unbreakable Soul – Episode 1: Resilience Amidst Chaos’ Review
There is something cool about stories where an ordinary person stumbles into danger. From After Hours to Something Wild, the formula has produced entertaining thrillers by placing everyday protagonists in … Continue Reading ‘The Lonely Crowd’ Review: An Intriguing Romantic Thriller That Can’t Find The Balance
Grindhouse cinema has always thrived on excess.
Writer-director Luke Tedder’s The Caretaker has all the components to make a compelling gothic thriller: an isolated boarding school, a grieving protagonist, an unsettling mystery, and a wealthy family guarding … Continue Reading ‘The Caretaker’ Review: A Visually Striking Horror Thriller That Forgets to Thrill
Reality television has become so ubiquitous, that its becomes hard to distinguish what is actual reality. Audiences are now used to melodramatic confessionals, overqualified judges with fat egos, manufactured rivalries, … Continue Reading ‘Hot Kitchen’: Tubi Reality TV Parody Hits The Mark…Mostly
Prisoners of Ghostland opens with Hero (Nicolas Cage) and his unhinged friend Psycho (Nick Cassavettes) robbing a bank. Both men are caught but sent in two different directions. Psycho goes … Continue Reading Sundance 2021 Review: ‘Prisoners of Ghostland’
Estranged sisters Miriam (Madeleine Sims Fewer) and Greta (Anna Mcguire) reunite for the first time in years. The two are joined by their significant others Caleb (Obi Abili) and Dylan … Continue Reading Sundance 2021 Review: ‘Violation’