Andrew Patterson’s The Vast of Night begins inside a bit of a gimmick. Slowly maneuvering towards a television set located in the center of an impeccably decorated 50’s style living room, the film about to unfurl before us is introduced as … Continue reading Review: ‘The Vast of Night’
There’s a pivotal scene in Coky Giedroyc’s How To Build A Girl that asks the viewer to suspend disbelief when 16-year-old music critic Dolly Wilde sits down for her first real interview with a thriving British pop singer. She breathlessly … Continue reading Review: ‘How To Build A Girl’
Vin Diesel, Eiza Gonzalez, Lamorne Morris and Guy Pearce star in the action vehicle, directed by David S.F. Wilson. A confusing, and often bewildering, mishmash of narrative ideas, Bloodshot is filled with a near-constant barrage of senseless violence, a near-total … Continue reading Review: ‘Bloodshot,’ Give Me a Double Shot of My Baby’s Love
In the moment, she doesn’t know what to do. But it’s only a moment, and then she steadies her nerves and takes immediate action. Rather than call for help, Leigh Tiller (Bethany Anne Lind) decides to clean up her own … Continue reading Review: ‘Blood on Her Name’ Reinvents the Noir Playbook
James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, and Jim Carrey star in the family adventure, directed by Jeff Fowler. At least since 1993’s Super Mario Bros., major Hollywood studios have endeavored to adapt popular video games into narrative features, many times to disastrous … Continue reading Review: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Swiftly Finds Its Funny Bone
As The Shining showed us almost 40 years ago, nothing good ever comes from a deteriorating mind in an isolated, snow-bound place. In Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s new horror film The Lodge, substituting for Jack Nicholson’s crumbling facade into … Continue reading Review: ‘The Lodge,’ Long on Atmosphere, Short on Everything Else
