‘The First Omen’ Review: Atmospheric Prequel Makes Damien’s Mama Meaningful
The First Omen is a prequel to The Omen franchise, which revolves around the rise of the Antichrist and the futile efforts to stop it.... Read More
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‘The People’s Joker’ Review: Vera Drew’s Transgressively Creative Caricature Finds New Angles on the Crazed Clown
After seeing three different live-action depictions of the Clown Prince of Crime in the past 16 years – including two which won acting Oscars –... Read More
‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ Review: Adam Wingard Fully Embraces a Royal Rumble with the Titans of the MonsterVerse
With the MonsterVerse seemingly coming to an “end” with Godzilla vs. Kong, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures were saddled with the same creative challenge that... Read More
‘Wicked Little Letters’ Review: Foxy Ass Fun That Doesn’t Go Quite Far Enough
Few people in the movies curse quite as effectively as Olivia Colman, and casting her as the demure rival to an out-spoken, potty mouthed neighbor... Read More
‘Late Night with the Devil’ Review: David Dastmalchian is a Fiendish Leading Man in Gory Horror Mock Doc
David Dastmalchian is the very face of the modern character actor. With nearly 100 credits to his name,, it’s inevitable that you’ve seen him in... Read More
‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ Review: Bustin’ Feels Terrible in this Joyless, Charmless Non-Corporeal Wasteland
“Yes, it’s true. This man has no dick,” Bill Murray’s Peter Venkman sarcastically says to the Mayor of New York in 1984’s Ghostbusters. It is,... Read More
‘It’s What’s Inside’ Review: A (Suit)Case of Existentialism | SXSW 2024
It has to be assumed that when Kim Kardashian famously said, “no one wants to get up and work anymore,” she was referring to a... Read More
SXSW 2024 Capsule Reviews of ‘Hacks’ Season 3, ‘Pet Shop Days,’ ‘Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show’ and more
I’ve been on the ground in Austin, Texas, at the SXSW Television and Film Festival for a week now, engorging myself with cinema that offers... Read More
‘Civil War’ Review: Alex Garland Presents a Rorschach Test to a Divided America | SXSW 2024
It’s going to be extremely difficult to find a critical consensus on Alex Garland’s newest film Civil War, a film whose message turned out to... Read More
‘The Greatest Hits’ Review: Love and Loss Meet at the Intersection of Music and Time Travel in Ned Benson’s Grand Romance | SXSW 2024
It can be hard to move on from the loss of a loved one when you can’t stop time traveling back to moments you spent... Read More
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