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Ro (Lauren Caster) is a dancer whose life is quietly going to hell.
She bombs an audition for a yeast infection commercial, loses her dance-teaching job because she is chronically late, has an older boyfriend who seems halfway checked out, and is watching the career she built in the city slowly evaporate.
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…
“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 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