Ryan McQuade

Despite all his rage, he’s still just Nicolas Cage: The case for the Oscar winner to return this awards season with ‘Pig’

The fall festival, film and awards season is upon us. As you are reading this, many prestigious film festivals are… Read More

August 26, 2021

‘Stillwater’ review: Tom McCarthy’s latest is a harrowing if uneven drama with Matt Damon’s best performance in years

Unless you were living under a rock, it was hard to forget about the Amanda Knox case. A story in… Read More

July 28, 2021

‘Jungle Cruise’ review: Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson can’t save this bloated sinking ship

Back in the early 2000s, it was announced Disney was creating a live action film version of one of their… Read More

July 27, 2021

‘The Green Knight’ review: With confident pacing and the marvelous Dev Patel, David Lowery creates a medieval masterpiece

Within the first act of The Green Knight, King Arthur (Sean Harris) asks his nephew Gawain (Dev Patel) to sit… Read More

July 26, 2021

‘Old’ review: M. Night Shyamalan leans into his good and bad tendencies to create his best film in years

An argument can be made that writer/director M. Night Shyamalan is the most polarizing filmmaker working today. Arguments are made… Read More

July 22, 2021

‘Pig’ review: Served on an unexpected meta platter comes Nicolas Cage’s career-best performance

There is a fundamental question that lingers in the back of everyone’s mind when they hear about a new Nicolas… Read More

July 14, 2021

‘Luca’ review: Pixar’s latest shines with simple storytelling, gorgeous animation and one of the best endings Pixar has ever produced

There is something special about seeing a new Pixar film and experiencing the magic being presented to you within a… Read More

June 16, 2021

‘Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse’ review: Michael B. Jordan is a highlight in a battlefield of well-trodden territory

There is just something about Tom Clancy novels and their adaptations that never seem to fully work in the modern… Read More

April 28, 2021

Oscars FYC: The case for Anthony Hopkins (‘The Father’) in Best Actor

It’s hard to describe the feeling of seeing an all-time performance. One doesn’t seek it out, but rather, it finds… Read More

April 15, 2021

SXSW Review: Despite a thrilling performance from Leah Purcell, ‘The Drover’s Wife’ never reaches its full potential

When we are little, we are told stories that mold our inspirations as human beings. Some tales are wrapped within… Read More

March 19, 2021

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