Interview: ‘Extremely Unique Dynamic’ Directors Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung Go off the Rails in Meta-Tastic Asian Inception Stoner Journey
Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung co-direct, co-write, and co-star in Extremely Unique Dynamic, which just screened at Frameline48 – San Francisco’s iconic LGBTQ+ film festival... Read More
Jon Negroni
Jon Negroni is an author and Film/TV critic currently residing in the Bay Area for reasons not even he understands. He's also the host of the Cinemaholics podcast and a writer for The Young Folks, The Spool, and a few other outlets you might find agreeable. You can find him on Twitter at @JonNegroni.
‘Till Death’ review: Megan Fox has to survive the dead weight of marriage in this killer comeback
“I’m gonna cut myself free of you. If it’s the last thing I do.“ A horror movie with as many obvious metaphors as Till Death... Read More
‘F9’ review: Despite its title, this franchise no longer gives an F (and that’s a good thing)
When it comes to the laws of reality, physics, and any sense of characters being grounded in a world that contains at least a decimal... Read More
‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ review: In their third ghostly caper, the Warrens suffer from some tired rituals
Despite only making up three titular movies to date, the “Conjuring Universe” from Warner Bros. has so far stretched to an ever-increasing, and mostly diminishing,... Read More
‘A Quiet Place Part II’ review: Krasinski echoes the minimalist horror of ‘Part 1’ with maximum impact
After a slew of less-than-successful indie films, John Krasinski found his stride as a successful blockbuster director with A Quiet Place in 2018, mainly because... Read More
‘Wrath of Man’ review: Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie are back to their old action flick tricks
It’s been 23 years since Guy Ritchie helped launch Jason Statham as a reliable action-thriller star in 1998 with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.... Read More
Retrospective: After 20 years, ‘A Knight’s Tale’ has yet to change its stars with critics, and that’s a shame
A Knight’s Tale was my first theatrical surprise. My mother dragged me to the multiplex in late May of 2001, kicking and screaming all the... Read More
Interview: ‘Without Remorse’ star Jodie Turner-Smith talks working with Michael B. Jordan and that time he hacked her Spotify account
In Without Remorse, Jodie Turner-Smith stars alongside Michael B. Jordan as Lt. Commander Karen Greer, an elite member of the U.S. Navy Seals tasked with... Read More
‘Monday’ review: Sebastian Stan and Denise Gough bring a new level of chaos to the romance genre
At first glance, Monday seems about as conventional as you’d expect from a whirlwind romance between two Americans living overseas. It has the standard meet-cute,... Read More
‘Voyagers’ review: lo-fi sci-fi aims to prove that even in space, We Live in a Society
Mankind’s obsession with leaving Earth in search of greener frontiers is a relatable enough concept to make the basic premise of Neil Burger’s Voyagers at... Read More
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