It’s all too easy to dismiss conventionally constructed documentaries that mix archival footage and voiceover. The form has become so familiar and (shudder) educational that it often feels more like a school assignment than ...
Cult filmmaker David Lynch has long fascinated film fans with his bizarre contradictions. The man behind some of the most nightmarish movies around also sounds and speaks like an ‘Archie’ comic come to life. He’s...
Following up their intriguing debut ‘YellowBrickRoad’, writing/directing/editing team Jesse Holland and Andy Milton deliver another stab at psychological scares in ‘We Go On’. On a certain level, it’s...
It appears that Hollywood is hoping audiences will go see some more Oscar-nominated movies this weekend ahead of Sunday night’s Academy Awards. Only three new releases hit the big screen, and none of them are getting much at...
It may initially seem surprising that Jordan Peele (as in ‘Key &…’) has made a horror movie, but actually watching it clears up the confusion. The film is a satire that mixes touchy race relation themes with the t...
‘A United Kingdom’ is the type of movie designed to make audiences leave the theater pleased with themselves for confirming the basic values that they brought into the screening. It takes a fairly fascinating slice of ...
Three new movies took the stage over this President’s Day weekend, yet none of them managed to steal the spotlight. In fact, none of them even came close.
‘Fist Fight’ is yet another studio comedy that has a decent premise, a pair of strong leads, a handful of hilarious supporting players, and then a plot that is essentially filler. It has some laughs, but they all come ...
For more than two decades now, Louis Theroux has been one of the most intriguing documentarians of America even though his movies rarely screen in the country. The remarkably empathetic and ever-curious Brit was the perfect guy to...
Last weekend delivered two great films, but February is now once again back to punishing us. This weekend brings a monster/siege picture of epic proportions, a comedy with an ’80s flare, and an American thriller that oozes a...
‘A Cure for Wellness’ is the latest film from Gore Verbinski. Like all of his other movies, it looks absolutely stunning. Unfortunately, after some early promise, the bloated thriller descends into tedious cliché and r...
With China now the second largest market for Hollywood blockbusters and the country’s own industry cranking out massive spectacles that tend to be huge hits everywhere other than North America, it was only a matter of time b...
