A Near Perfect Adaptation of Blume’s Classic
In 1970, Judy Blume’s novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret took the world by storm and would impact generations to come. It’s a timeless coming-of-age story that sees an 11-year-old girl adjust to a new life in the…
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Broken Lizard Comedy Fails to Play to Its Own Strengths
If there’s one thing the movie industry severely lacks is parody. Granted, we’re in an era in which lampshading and snark are practically mandatory in “serious” movies, but there’s nothing like a spoof to make us aware of the absurdity…
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A Fitting Doc Portrait of Trailblazing Writer
If the past week has shown us anything, there is a distinct value to a documentary like Judy Blume Forever letting the iconic American author speak in her own words. While a work like this could easily fall into being…
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Chris Evans & Ana De Armas Star In A Dreadful & Generic Russo Brothers- Esque Action/Rom-Com Hybrid
Following their grand Marvel success, filmmaking pair the Russo Brothers have irked many moviegoing audiences, filmmakers, journalists, and very-online social media audiences. Like James Cameron before them and his brand of smug irritation, their success has seemingly inflated an arrogance…
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Red Earth | Film Threat
Director Georg Koszulinski’s experimental film Red Earth takes viewers several hundred years into the future. In the year 2492, Mars has been colonized, and the first results of terraforming are beginning to emerge. While Earth had been hell-bent on self-destruction…
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The Best Spy Movie Ever Isn’t James Bond — It’s This
Has anyone exerted as much influence over the spy genre as Ian Fleming? Examples of espionage fiction may have predated his transition from naval officer to novelist by well over a century, but it wasn’t until the appearance of the…
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An Overindulgent Mommy Issues Odyssey For The Ages
Ari Aster has become the poster child for A24 horror with Hereditary and Midsommar, but in his latest feature, Beau is Afraid, the director is given carte blanch to explore his thematic concerns. Some of those are familiar — mothers,…
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The Super Mario Bros Movie 4DX Review
From the Mushroom Kingdom to the infamous Rainbow Road and beyond, The Super Mario Bros Movie catapults you (quite literally) in 4DX glory straight into the story. Here’s our Super Mario Bros movie 4DX review. The Super Mario Bros. franchise…
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Chris Evans and Ana de Armas Charm in Conventional Action Comedy
Modern dating sucks. With the rise of dating apps and technology, it's become increasingly hard for most people to find somebody that they feel that special connection with. Many of us have had those first dates where we felt that…
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Elizabeth Olsen Is Outstanding in Crime Drama Miniseries
If the true story of housewife-turned-murderer Candy Montgomery sounds familiar in any way, it's because HBO Max's Love & Death is far from the first attempt to tackle the tangled tale of lies, infidelity, and passion that took place in…
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La California | Film Threat
Cinzia Bomoll’s allegorically titled La California isn’t misleading you to believe it to be a Hollywood-esque story. Nor does the Italian-language noir-drama instill inspirations of the Californian dream. Bomoll’s passion project substantially adapts the “show-don’t-tell” tropes of cinema and expresses various emotions,…
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Guy Ritchie & Jake Gyllenhaal Team Up For An Engaging War Thriller About Bonds, Brotherhood & Paying Spiritual Debts
If one were paying close attention to the recent career of actor Jake Gyllenhaal one might think he was on a mad quest to a) become a buff action star thriller and b) elevate the careers of mid/middling directors. The…
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