Chris Smith’s Documentary Reveals The Angry Protest At The Band’s Satiric Core
If a song containing a lacerating critique of Reagan-era America’s gross consumerism and mindless cowboy violence is not understood by most listeners, can the song still be called a satire? How far can a group of agit-prop commandos stealth inside…
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Samara Weaving Is Perfectly Cast In An Energetic Thriller That Could’ve Benefitted From A Theatrical Run
Eenie Meanie is a thrilling action dramedy that is captivating from start to finish. With the film exploring intersections between various genres, it would be easy for it to get lost in the noise, but it manages to deliver a…
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Riz Ahmed’s Tight New Thriller Proves That They Still Make Them Like They Used To
When Ash (Riz Ahmed) works, it’s like he’s from another time entirely, rarely prioritizing current technology. As a fixer based in New York City, Ash uses a relay phone service to stay in contact with his clients and conceal his…
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An Infuriating Dramatized Story That Still Forgets the Actual Victim
If you were at all tuned into the news in 2007, or if you're an Italian living in Perugia, or if you are just interested in true crime, not much from The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox will be that…
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Weapons (2025) Review – This Is The Horror We’ve Been Waiting For
In Weapons, a small American town is shaken when a series of unsettling events begins to unfold, all seemingly connected to the mysterious disappearance of local children. As the community grapples with fear and suspicion, multiple lives intersect in unexpected…
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Ethan Coen’s Neo-Noir Falls Short Despite Strong Performances
In an era where television cowboys are outfitted more frequently with Succession-like empires than pairs of six guns, dusty neo-noirs feel positively anachronistic on the big screen in 2025. But Ethan Coen — a filmmaker with a significant pedigree in…
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Noah Hawley Matches Ridley Scott’s Classic In A Terrifically Smart, Engaging & Terrifying Sci-Fi Horror Series
“Alien: Earth” is scary. Sure, hissing, vicious predatory xenomorphs dripping with viscous goo—the ones audiences have become acutely familiar with over the course of nine films— are unsurprisingly frightening. But the terrors in this sci-fi horror FX series, created by…
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Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy’s Netflix Political Thriller Miniseries Is the Perfect ‘Diplomat’ Replacement
If you had to choose between your family or your job, which would you pick? Would the answer remain the same if you'd pledged an oath to serve a country where millions of lives could be at stake based on…
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The End Is Nigh for This Once-Exciting Horror Franchise
Found footage is perhaps the most unfairly maligned subgenre of horror out there. It is a divisive form of storytelling that some appreciate for its realism, and others can't stand for its visual unsteadiness and sometimes contrived explanations for why,…
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Ne Zha 2 Review
Ne Zha 2 doubles down on the spectacle, along with the action and comedy. The post Ne Zha 2 Review appeared first on Flickreel. Disclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by…
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A Tonally Clumsy Heist Misfire
Tim Story’s The Pickup, starring Eddie Murphy, Keke Palmer, and Pete Davidson, is an action-comedy-heist film that seems to want to be a little bit of everything—funny, thrilling, romantic, and even emotionally poignant. But rather than blending these elements into…
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The Sword & Sorcery Genre Takes A Critical Hit In This Messy, Unenjoyable Franchise Reboot
For those who fall in love with fantasy worlds and remarkable heroes, you won't find these things in Red Sonja. Starring Matilda Lutz as the titular Sonja, a spinoff character from Conan the Barbarian, the film crafts a new and…
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