Prime Video’s Superhero Series Still Packs a Mighty Punch

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Prime Video’s Superhero Series Still Packs a Mighty Punch

After a two-and-a-half year wait for Invincible Season 2, which much to the annoyance of many, was split into two parts, Season 3 has arrived, a little less than a year after the sophomore season’s bloody yet satisfying finale. It’s…

‘Rebuilding’ Review: Josh O’Connor Gives a Heartbreaking Performance in This Incredible Western Tale

At this year’s Sundance, it was impossible not to think about the wildfires that have recently ravaged California. Many filmmakers discussed the impact of the fires on their lives and on the films they were at the festival to support,…

‘André Is an Idiot’ Review: The Funniest Movie About Cancer You’ll Ever See

I foolishly thought I was going to get away without shedding a tear. I was really proud of myself — a person who has been known to cry over more than one commercial — for holding it together as long…

A Light Doppelganger Comedy Hits All The Right Notes [Sundance]

It’s been 25 years since Eddie Murphy played his own lookalike in the underrated “Bowfinger,” a Steve Martin-led comedy revolving around a struggling director who, to produce a film unwittingly starring a major celebrity, casts an everyman who just so…

Osgood Perkins Mixes ‘Final Destination With Tarantino to Messy, but Bloody Fun Results

Before last summer, Osgood Perkins’ was known as the auteur of chilling slow-burn horrors who gathered a limited but fairly loyal fanbase. Being the son of horror legend, Norman Bates himself, Perkins’ name was immediately synonymous with horror cinema history.…

A Musical About Movie Magic Doesn’t Always Conjure It [Sundance]

Cinema has never been shy about self-mythologizing. If ever there were a project that could lay claim to the “magic of movies,” it might be “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” The very subject of Bill Condon’s adaptation of the John…

Codependence Leads to Chaos in Michael Shanks’ Entertaining Horror Comedy Feature Debut

If you’re looking for the latest body horror film to become obsessed over, look no further than Michael Shanks’ directorial debut, Together . With purely entertaining tactics, the writer-director examines codependence in a relationship in a way that is unlike…

A Not-So-Fondly Examination Of ‘To Catch a Predator’ [w sees Sundance]

It might resemble the process of setting up for any documentary: as “Predators” begins, camera crews assemble equipment, angles are established, and on-screen talent takes their place. This, however, is not a documentary; rather, these are shots from behind the…

Justin Lin’s Adaptation Of A Missionary Tragedy Left Me Torn Between Faith & Justice

Every so often, a real-life tragedy finds its way to the screen, leaving us to question the circumstances surrounding the events. With that on top of current events centered around Christianity, it’s no wonder Fast & Furious director Justin Lin…

An Impoverished Teen Works The System In This Meandering Profile [Sundance]

The concept of the sugar baby remains as easy to explain as its apparent longevity, as Wikipedia confirms its apparent centuries-old existence; simply put, a sugar baby is someone who, lacking income and/or access to vast funds, engages in a…

Benedict Cumberbatch’s Layered Performance Outshines The Weak Horror Elements Of Dismal Adaptation

This year’s Sundance Film Festival was the place to watch films about mental health, grief, and family troubles. Renowned documentary filmmaker Dylan Southern returned to the festival to present all three in his latest film, The Thing with Feathers .…

Dave Franco & Allison Brie Turn A Codependent Couple Into Body Horror Gold [Sundance]

“A relationship is like a shark,” so goes a simile popularized by “Annie Hall.” The reason? “It has to constantly move forward, or it dies.” In writer/director Michael Shanks’ debut feature “Together,” a different fate for the predatory fish that…

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