Written by Alexander Reams Video game movies are constantly the butt of jokes in Hollywood. In the past, most of them have gone after IPs that don’t have enough to fill a feature runtime anyways (“Super Mario Bros.”, “Street Fighter”, … Continue reading.
Category: New Releases
The Batman
Written by Taylor Baker “The Batman” ultimately feels like a competent adaptation of the source material refined and emboldened in the image David Fincher’s “Zodiac”. Reeves has a knack for memorable shots and incorporates interesting visual perspectives into… Continue reading.
Cyrano
Written by Patrick Hao In casting Peter Dinklage, a formidable and charismatic screen presence, it is not hard to imagine Cyrano rising to be one of the leaders of the armed guards while also having the ability to best anyone … Continue reading.
Sundown
Written by Jeff Sparks With many wide angles and still shots, the camera keeps us at a distance from the characters, the way Neil keeps the people around him at arm's length. This causes a disconnect between the viewer and… Continue reading.
Blacklight
Written by Patrick Hao It’s almost hard to remember a time before Liam Neeson inexplicably became the king of the Dadsploitation action film. Yet, more than a decade after the first “Taken” was released in theaters, Neeson is still pumping … Continue reading.
The Legend of Vox Machina
Written by Anna Harrison The mere existence of “The Legend of Vox Machina” reads like something out of a fairytale: once upon a time, a group of self-professed “nerdy-ass voice actors” gathered around to celebrate Liam O’Brien’s birthday by playing … Continue reading.
Moonfall
Written by Alexander Reams After seemingly burning his Hollywood bridges after “Resurgence”, Emmerich went independent, with his best film in a long time, “Midway”. Once again he is making an “independent” film, independent with a $140 million budget. Bringing one … Continue reading.
Redeeming Love
Written by Patrick Hao “Redeeming Love” is based on the popular Christian romance novel of the same name by Francine Rivers. The novel was originally published in 1991 at the height of Fabio romance book covers and born-again Christianity. The … Continue reading.
The Sky is Everywhere
Written by Patrick Hao It is also moments like these and Decker’s individual style that differentiates “The Sky is Everywhere” from other YA straight-to-streamer adaptations like “Star Girl” and “All the Bright Places.” But the simplicity of the storytelling to … Continue reading.
The Tinder Swindler
Written by Anna Harrison Modern dating sucks. It’s a vicious cycle of downloading Tinder (or your drug of choice), getting nauseated at the pickup lines, the unappealing profiles, and the sheer horniness, deleting the app out of disgust, feeling sad … Continue reading.
