Written by Nick McCann "“Prey” had a lot riding on it. Lots of elements could have spelled official doom, but the film came ready to prove itself. The new setting and character focus gives it a whole different flavor, further … Continue reading.
Written by Alexander Reams "Masaaki Yuasa has been a creative in anime for a long time, and with that time he gained a reputation for how his films are, not weak, weary, and heavy laden, instead they’re full of ideas … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker "Novak best known for playing Ryan in “The Office,” follows his 2021 anthology television series “The Premise” up with “Vengeance.” A wilted directorial debut that looks at America from one selfish man’s eyes as he journeys … Continue reading.
Written by Jeff Sparks "“Code Name Banshee” is a new low-budget direct-to-video action movie that features poor cinematography, crude editing, rushed storylines, and generic writing. Normally I wouldn’t touch one of these VOD movies with a five-hundred-foot pole..."… Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker "Whether you’re in awe or anemic to Peele’s retreading of Spielberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Jaws,” “Jurassic Park,” etc., or his playful references to Shyamalan’s “Signs” there’s no doubt that Peele’s deference for those … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao "In our culture of reboots, it only makes sense that Beavis and Butt-Head, the obnoxious teens whose juvenile humor and skewed outlook captured the zeitgeist of Gen X culture of the 1990s, were bound to come … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker "“Where the Crawdads Sing” is a conventional adaptation of a Young Adult novel by the same name. Complete with a false sense of mysteriousness. The opening prologue sequence details Kya’s (Daisy Edgar-Jones) imprisonment following..."… Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao "The Nicecore movement of aggressively optimistic and empathetic films and television shows has been pervasive even though people do not quite have a clear definition of what fits into this ever-popular genre. It seems weird to … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker "In Dean Fleischer-Camp’s full-length adaptation of his previous series of shorts (which is also his feature film debut), he drowns audiences in a carefully constructed experience of delicately controlled emotion. Reminiscent of A24’s “Eighth Grade” in … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao "Each time a new film in the “Jurassic Park” franchise comes out, the original 1993 Steven Spielberg film feels more and more like a miracle. It was at the perfect cross-section of practical effects and computer-generated … Continue reading.
