Michael Review | Flickreel
Like so many music biopics, Michael opens with the titular Jackson preparing for the performance of a lifetime. Before he can play, though, Michael needs to think about his entire life. Well, technically only the first half of his life.…
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The Sheep Detectives Review: A Whimsical Mystery
Adapting a novel about philosophizing sheep solving a murder mystery sounds like either a disaster waiting to happen or a wonderfully eccentric crowd-pleaser. The Sheep Detectives, directed by Kyle Balda and written by Craig Mazin, lands somewhere in the middle.…
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A Delightful Family Flick That Won’t Break The Franchise
Few movies are going to be as anticipated as Star Wars' brand-new The Mandalorian and Grogu this year. It marks the galaxy far, far away's first return to the big screen in nearly seven years, following The Rise of Skywalker…
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Jon Favreau’s Big-Screen ‘Star Wars’ Adventure Is Just Expensive, Inconsequential, Episodic TV
Did the pandemic and the streaming-glut era scramble everyone’s brains? Or, more specifically, did the people currently steering Lucasfilm suffer from long-term brain fog? Because the storytelling crisis that has plagued “Star Wars” lately—all plot, little character development, no real…
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‘Rick and Morty’ Season 9 Makes Another Major Story Change That Doesn’t Work
Every time Rick and Morty blasts its way onto our screens, we're guaranteed a wide variety of absurd, nihilistic, and sometimes surprisingly poignant adventures. While there is an overarching storyline around Rick's (Ian Cardoni) revenge that has been tying the…
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Sebastian Stan Fends Off a Witch Hunt in His New Movie Rooted in Real-Life Hate
When you think of Norway, you're probably imagining beautiful vistas, aquamarine glacial waters, and a population of people who seem to have a happier and better quality of life than most people in the U.S. Pop culture-wise, the Scandinavian countries…
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The Propagandist | Film Threat
Luuk Bouwman’s The Propagandist is not a conventional historical documentary illuminating little-known moments of the Second World War. Instead, it’s a meditation on the use of Film during turbulent times, much like today. This Best Dutch Film award-winning film reconstructs…
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Fan Service Over Film Quality
From New Line Cinema comes the latest high-stakes installment in the blockbuster video game franchise in all its brutal glory, Mortal Kombat II. This time, the fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the…
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I Swear Review | Flickreel
I Swear has been rated R for reasons that its title makes clear. John Davidson is one of the most outspoken voices in the Tourette syndrome community. It’s impossible to tell his story without constant profanity. Yet, there’s no sex…
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Nicolas Winding Refn’s Return To Cinema Is A Neon-Soaked Sci-Fi Nightmare
Three years ago, Danish auteur Nicolas Winding Refn died for 20 minutes. When returned to the world of the living, the director felt as if he was experiencing everything anew, including a burning desire to make films. This biblical wiping…
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Hirokazu Koreeda’s Curious Sci-Fi Drama Explores Grief Through AI
There are two major sides of the AI conversation circulating the world right now: Embrace it because it’s here to stay; or abandon it altogether. But Sheep in the Box, Hirokazu Koreeda’s latest sci-fi drama, explores whether it could, in…
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The Duffer Brothers’ New Series ‘The Boroughs’ Is Netflix’s Latest Sci-Fi Gem
Upside Down Pictures' string of post-Stranger Things releases continues with Netflix’s new 8-part sci-fi, The Boroughs. If you expected it to be another Spielbergian pastiche, just with older people as the heroes rather than children, then you’re only half right.…
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