The Friend Review: Naomi Watts and Bing the Great Dane’s Chemistry Elevates a Tender, Though Overlong Drama
Based on Sigrid Nunez’s bestselling 2018 novel of the same name, what got me interested in The Friend is the
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Exterritorial Review: Jeanne Goursaud Leads Netflix’s Clunky German Action Thriller
The German-language Exterritorial boasts a familiar but intriguing setup: A Lady Vanishes-like psychological thriller, but instead of the train setting,
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Until Dawn Review: David F. Sandberg’s Return to the Horror Genre is a Gory and Briskly Paced Time-Loop Survival Horror
It’s Groundhog Day-inspired survival horror in Until Dawn, which marks David F. Sandberg’s return to the horror genre since Annabelle:
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Thunderbolts* Review: The Dysfunctional Team-Up Led by Florence Pugh Helps Keep Things Together in Jake Schreier’s First Big-Budget Studio Blockbuster
This year’s summer movie season kick-off with a MCU movie, Thunderbolts* doesn’t seem to inspire much confidence from the day
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Neighborhood Watch Review: Jack Quaid and Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Mismatched Dynamic Can’t Do Much to Overcome This Prosaic Crime Thriller
Here’s an unlikely character team-up in Neighborhood Watch that got my attention. And that is a mentally ill — paranoid
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Death of a Unicorn Review: Jenna Ortega Excels in Alex Scharfman’s Gonzo B-Movie Style of a Horror Comedy
The first thing I notice in Death of a Unicorn is that Jenna Ortega‘s character, Ridley, has her face filled
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Winter Spring Summer or Fall Review: A Charming Jenna Ortega Leads the Familiar But Well-Told Teen Romance
Winter Spring Summer or Fall marks the directorial debut of Tiffany Paulsen, primarily a screenwriter for movies like Nancy Drew
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Freaky Tales Review: A Mixed Bag of Multi-Genre ’80s Nostalgia Trip
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck return to small-scale movies in Freaky Tales — their first in a decade since Mississippi
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