Directed by: Sam Hargrave
Distributed by: Netflix
Written by Taylor Baker
15/100
Pathetic. That’s the most apt descriptor of “Extraction 2” a film launched as Netflix’s–the world’s preeminent streaming service–summer action blockbuster, boasting an over two-hour runtime and a reported … Continue reading.
Directed by: John Slattery
Distributed by: Screen Media
Written by Taylor Baker
58/100
John Slattery’s sophomore feature “Maggie Moore(s)” is a schlocky go-with-the-flow whodunnit genre entry that puts the audience in the know from the start. With entirely competent but … Continue reading.
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios
Written by Taylor Baker
74/100
Branagh’s third turn as Hercule Poirot sees the Agatha Christie novel ‘Hallowe’en Party’ adapted for the big screen. The sprawling cast, deadpan camp, gawdily ornate structures … Continue reading.
Directed by: Andrew Bujalski
Distributed by: Magnolia Pictures
Written by Taylor Baker
65/100
Andrew Bujalski has long been a recursive and unique filmmaker starting with “Funny Haha” he has told humanistic stories with a hushed sound coined and occasionally praised … Continue reading.
Directed by: Dean Fleischer-Camp
Distributed by: A24
Written by Taylor Baker
85/100
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 … Continue reading.
“Speak No Evil”. “Riotsville, USA”. “Fresh”. “Tantura”. “Cha Cha Real Smooth”. “The Mission”. “After Yang”. These are just a few of the many films that Thomas Stoneham-Judge from ForReel and I cover in this curtain raiser video for Sundance … Continue reading.
Directed by: George Tillman Jr.
Distributed by: Affirm Films
Written by Taylor Baker
15/100
Director George Tillman Jr. who audiences may know best from his Cuba Gooding Jr. picture “Men of Honor” helms this Affirm Films production (Sony’s Christian film … Continue reading.
Directed by: Robert Eggers
Distributed by: Focus Features
Written by Taylor Baker
55/100
On its face “The Northman” seems to continue Robert Eggers’s opening career salvo of films with an uncompromising vision and while “The Northman” does leave one with … Continue reading.
Directed by: James Mangold
Distributed by: Searchlight Pictures
Written by Taylor Baker
16/100
A ridiculous retreading of a pop culture icon, marinated in just the wrong amount of bad ideas and CGI de-aging. Harrison Ford picks up his hat and … Continue reading.
Directed by: Michael Bay
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Written by Taylor Baker
60/100
To many cinephiles, Michael Bay is grotesque, a director known for bombasticity, commercialism (and commercials), and the progenitor of franchises like “Transformers” and “TMNT.” To many of … Continue reading.
