‘Resurrection’ Review: This Award-Winning, Mind-Bending, and Weird Sci-Fi Movie Will Have You Questioning Everything

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‘Resurrection’ Review: This Award-Winning, Mind-Bending, and Weird Sci-Fi Movie Will Have You Questioning Everything

From its opening moments, Chinese director Bi Gan’s latest film Resurrection feels like something made outside of time. Employing a silent film aesthetic, with skipped frames, slightly askew framing, and title cards trying valiantly to explain the circumstances of those…

I Can’t Believe How Emotional Bull Riding Is In This Intense Neal McDonough Movie

The Last Rodeo is a deeply moving drama with some incredible star power that aims to deliver an important message. This film's particular focus is on faith, unity, love, and family, with a narrative that sees people come together in…

Ellie’s Bloody Path of Revenge in Seattle Ends and Another Begins

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Last of Us Season 2 finale. After the emotional flashbacks of the sixth episode, The Last of Us Season 2 returns to the story of Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and her quest…

Negan and Maggie Come Face to Face Again

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 Episode 4. After a slow start to Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City, business picks up in the third episode, "Why Did the…

‘Case 137’ Review: This New Cop Drama Is a Thrilling and Hard-Boiled French Version of ‘The Wire’

César award-winning director Dominik Moll (Harry, He’s Here to Help, The Night of the 12th) returns to the Cannes competition with Case 137 (Dossier 137 in its native French), a brilliant take on the police procedural, a ripped-from-the-headlines look at…

A Revolutionary Revenge Thriller As Chilling As It Is Thought-Provoking

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been making movies for years under the restrictive regime that has put him in prison and resulted in numerous arrests, travel bans, filmmaking bans, and more injustices. As recently as 2022, the 65-year-old director was…

Margaret Qualley Sleuths, Seduces & Struts Through Ethan Coen’s Shaggy, Lesbian Noir-Comedy [Cannes]

The opening credits of Ethan Coen’s “Honey Don’t!” walk us through the derelict corners of Bakersfield, California, a small, rugged town where news spreads fast — and gossip even quicker. Cutting through the streets in a bright blue open-top Camaro…

The Shining Review: Stephen King Said It Best

Stephen King adaptations make up a good bulk of some of the best and worst horror movies of all time, as well as a mix of incredibly faithful and so divergent they could be entirely new. For every Misery or…

Josh O’Connor Leads Kelly Reichardt’s Scruffy, Anti-Heist Tale Of Art, Apathy & American Decay [Cannes]

It doesn’t take long to realize that the title of Kelly Reichardt’s latest observation of life on the margins of America is laced with cutting irony. There are no grand geniuses in “The Mastermind,” only ordinary people living in a…

Fear Street: Prom Queen Review

The Fear Street film series began with a trilogy that was released consecutively in the summer of 2021. The initial reactions were that the films honored the source material, were funny flashes of the past, and had a goofy, yet…

A Father Searches For His Daughter As The World Begins to Crumble [Cannes]

CANNES – When Oliver Laxe’s “Sirât” begins, it presents itself somewhat straightforwardly. Louis (Sergi López) and his young son Esteban (Bruno Núñez Arjona) have ventured to a dance festival deep in the Moroccan desert. They are searching for their daughter…

Dakota Johnson & Adria Arjona Are Hilarious In Energetic & Sexy Film That’ll Make You Feel Like Comedies Are Back

In the opening sequence of Michael Angelo Covino’s relationship dramedy, Splitsville , married couple Ashley (Adria Arjona) and Carey (Kyle Marvin) are on their way to visit their friends Julie (Dakota Johnson) and Paul (Covino). Spontaneously, Ashley puts the moves…

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