‘Duchess’ Review: Neil Marshall’s Charmless Guy Ritchie Rip-Off is a Female Empowerment Forgery
In 1998, Guy Ritchie erupted onto the British cinema scene with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The gangster movie, which in itself took inspiration... Read More
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How ‘Sing Sing’ and ‘Ghostlight’ Highlight the Power of Theater as Venues of Survival
Theater and cinema have always had a strange symbiotic relationship. While cinema has, over the decades, become more accessible to view than theater, theater is... Read More
‘Industry’ Season 3 Review: It’s Time to Buy Stock in HBO’s Sexy, Live Wire Finance Drama
When HBO’s Industry premiered in late 2020, it felt like Gen Z’s Succession with a little Skins in the game. It was a fresh and... Read More
Faith, Heroes, Monsters, Scares, and Twists: Ranking the Films of M. Night Shyamalan
The state of cinema is ravaged with unoriginal, unfulfilling, and downright wasteful popcorn, blockbuster filmmaking. In the past, there used to be an internal process... Read More
The Film We Don’t Speak Of – Revisiting M. Night Shyamalan’s Masterpiece ‘The Village’ 20 Years Later [Retrospective]
The trailer for the upcoming film Trap proudly declares it to be “a new experience in the world of M. Night Shyamalan.” This represents a... Read More
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Review: Movies, Now Less Than Ever!
If ever there was a movie “for the fans,” it’s Deadpool & Wolverine, which requires an elevated level of Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom and/or business... Read More
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Catwoman’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby’ (2004)
“If you like this movie like i do, your rolling on the floor. Every second is purely genius. If you liked it for real, your... Read More
Make It a Double Feature: Go on the Vacation from Hell with ‘Midsommar’ and ‘Barbarian’
As a horror buff, for the next edition of Make It a Double Feature I’ve chosen two films about trips gone wrong for this month’s... Read More
‘The Blair Witch Project’ at 25: The Birth of Found Footage and the Price of Naive Ambition
Found footage is the cinematic equivalent of an urban legend or a story that campers tell around the fire. Intentionally poor production choices are part... Read More
‘Twisters’ Review: Maybe the Real Tornadoes Were the Friends We Met Along the Way
When Jan de Bont’s Twister was released in May of 1996, disaster movies were on the precipice of a huge comeback, a renaissance they hadn’t... Read More
American Film Institute (AFI) Announces 2027 Date for AFI AWARDS Honorees-Only Event 
SXSW 2026 Reviews: ‘Family Movie,’ ‘Crash Land,’ ‘Kill Me’ 
San Quentin Film Festival (SQFF) to Hold Event at Central California Women’s Facility 
‘Never After Dark’ Review: Dave Boyle’s Ghostly Spooker Will Keep You Guessing [B] SXSW