Bheed (2023): Starring Rajkumar Rao as police inspector Surya Kumar SinghThe socio-political drama unfolds. It was March 24, 2020. The honorable Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a.k.a “PM Modi”, made an abrupt announcement at around 8 PM that the entire…
Read moreBlue-collar science fiction is a time-honored tradition. Silent Running, Dark Star, Outland, and Moon all demonstrate a conceit wherein corporate overlords screw over the working man. Oftentimes, these films take place around the orbit of the Moon or somewhere we haven’t yet been in the…
Read moreFor years, the concept of adapting the vast and immersive canon of Dungeons & Dragons into a successful feature film seemed insurmountable — but there's no denying that the tabletop role-playing game has been given a new resurgence lately, thanks…
Read moreSXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! When people say the word “artist,” they mean a painter. For most humans on this rock, art = visual. It’s oddly limiting, given that in order for the person to paint a thing, they first…
Read moreNOW IN THEATERS! Writer-director Jon Wright’s Irish folk horror flick Unwelcome follows young couple Maya (Hannah John-Kamen) and Jamie (Douglas Booth). The young couple lives in London and is trying to have a baby. The night Maya finds out she is…
Read moreNOW ON APPLE TV! Prepare to be entered involuntarily into a treacle chugging contest with the Oscar-winning animated short The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse, directed by Peter Baynton and Charlie Macksey. It is the adaptation of the…
Read moreWriter-director Julian Hampton’s action drama, Fighting Olypmus, is his sophomore feature-length effort. As the title implies, Hampton updates the characters from ancient Greek myths for a modern and more grounded approach. While this is a noble task, the film is…
Read moreSXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! The ability to destroy lives from the comfort of a darkened room on your computer is getting easier and easier. One such case of humiliation and doxing is told in co-directors Sophie Compton and Reuben…
Read moreOne of the most difficult challenges of reviewing films is understanding a filmmaker’s vision. Sometimes one can find themselves in a difficult position of trying to write an objective review of something you don’t quite grasp. This is the dilemma…
Read moreWhile pulling from true stories can make for excellent fiction films, there's a certain way of telling them that tends to leave critics gritting their teeth, its conventions associated with the too-broad term 'biopic'. These movies are easily accessible, perhaps,…
Read moreThere are times when I just want to watch a bit of silliness, especially when death is on the line. That’s what I got from writer-director Blok’s short film, A Dishonourable Death: At Twenty-Seven Minutes Past Six. It’s 1837, and important…
Read moreTalk to Me takes the living’s relationship with the dead and dials it up to 100. Directed by Michael Philippou and Danny Philippou, who co-wrote the screenplay with Bill Hinzman from a concept by Daley Pearson, the horror film is…
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