A Macabre Work of Exploitation Cinema
Home Horror 'Cannibal Holocaust' Review: A Macabre Work of Exploitation Cinema That Continues to Endure In Collider's look back at classic films, we dig into one of the most gruesome works of horror ever made. Image Via United Artists Europa…
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Brown & Cavill Sequel Is Charming, Low-Stakes Fun
Home Movie Reviews Enola Holmes 2 Review: Brown & Cavill Sequel Is Charming, Low-Stakes Fun Enola Holmes 2 continues the tradition of cozy mystery from its predecessor, with delightful performances from Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill. Two years after…
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Sacha Jenkins Honors Pops’ Legacy As A Jazz Founding Father
In an odd moment of chance, “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” is released at a moment in which musical artist Kanye West is rapidly losing the support of the global brands he was associated with due to his recent tirade…
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Tom Hanks Stars in Tonally Awkward Adaptation
Within the opening moments of A Man Called Otto, the second adaptation of Fredrik Backman’s novel A Man Called Ove, you can see the problems inherent in this retelling. Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks) is a grumpy man in his 60s…
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Jack Nicholson More Than Earns His Oscar
There’s a standard practice in portraying writing on film and television: as the writer puts down words, they say them aloud. In an early scene in As Good As It Gets, the one time Jack Nicholson’s Melvin Udall is engaged…
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The Confined | Film Threat
Three real estate developers dream about the potential piles of cash they’ll be swimming in after converting an old abandoned hotel in director Christopher Picone and screenwriter Darren Wallach’s horror thriller, The Confined. Landry (Thomas J. O’Brien), Donnie (Joshua Diolosa), and…
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Millie Bobbie Brown & Henry Cavill Can’t Recapture The Delightful Spark Of The Original
It’s hard to say how much “Enola Holmes,” the younger sister of Sherlock Holmes story adapted from the YA fiction series of the same name by Nancy Springer, penetrated into the pop culture space. Sure, “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobbie…
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Conflicting Yet Important Film With Great Performances
Home Movie Reviews She Said Review: Conflicting Yet Important Film With Great Performances [SDIFF] She Said is a good-enough recount of a crucial story, but the unreasonably long runtime struggles to sustain its intended conviction. Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan…
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After 50 Years, It’s Still a Movie You Can’t Refuse
As part of Collider’s "retro review" series, I’ve been fortunate enough to watch and review Penny Marshall’s heartfelt tear-jerker A League of Their Own and Alfred Hitchcock’s suspenseful masterpiece Psycho, two very different, but very important films for any lover…
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Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion Is His Greatest Mystery Yet
This review was originally part of our coverage for the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is all about disruptors. As a character states in the film, disrupters are those who break from the norm,…
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Understated Docudrama Explores The Trial Of The Juntas
With a bold, declarative title such as “Argentina, 1985,” one might wonder what co-writer/director Santiago Mitre is taking on with his fifth feature. Reunited with his “The Summit” lead Ricardo Darín, Mitre turns to the Trial of the Juntas. A…
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A Dreamer’s Search | Film Threat
Written and directed by Eric Downs, A Dreamer’s Search tells the true story of Rockwell Kent. Well, more accurately, the story is of one brief but very important moment in the beloved artist’s life. Does such a narrow focus help…
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