Review: Despite Brad Pitt’s best efforts, Bullet Train comes off as a movie with wonderful action and miserable storytelling. David Leitch tries to inject his usual tricks, but they don’t make up for heartless narratives
Review: Damien Chazelle’s jazzy powder keg never loses sight of the finish line. Boiling with camera flourishes and hazy sets, Chazelle announces himself with Whiplash as either cinema’s savior or antichrist. Whiplash I imagine sometimes it’s just
Review: In a year where Hollywood’s biggest directors have gotten weirder and more insular, Damien Chazelle said “hold my beer” and offered the most depraved look at Hollywood ever put to screen. Babylon rules, and
Review: Although it’s still setting the pace in terms of quality that other murder mysteries strive for, Netflix’s latest Knives Out installment, Glass Onion, feels like a rehashing of every character arch and narrative beat
Review: Park Chan-wook deserves all the credit he’s getting for Decision to Leave – a film the relies heavily on a master filmmaker working at his best. Although it isn’t as violent or abrasive as his past
White Noise is Directed by Noah Baumbach and Stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig and Don Cheadle Review: Although initially thought to be a novel too demanding for the big screen, Noah Baumbach successfully delivers White
Review: Don’t mistaken M3GAN as another Child’s Play. Yes, it does have a similar narrative pattern and killer doll, but aspects of M3GAN beyond that separate it from an idea done numerous times in Hollywood
Movie Review: Although the framing device of COVID-19 may leave some viewers cold, Sick is aptly titled due to its clever camera movements, brutal action sequences, and polished design. A win for director John Hyams.
Review: Andrew Callaghan’s breakthrough documentary This Place Rules goes to shattering lengths to show the worst impulses of the American people. Gaining access that few ever achieve, Callaghan explores how a country can get split
Review: Newcomers Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick develop a computerized slow burner with Missing – one that will rope you in with twists left and right and a deeply impactful third act. Solid performances across the