Sharper, Deadlier, and Even More Calculated
Seeing The Accountant nine years ago in the theatre with my parents is one of my most cherished and memorable moviegoing experiences in my life up to this point. It was one of the first times in which I vividly remember walking…
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Winter Spring Summer or Fall Review: Sweet but Uneven
Tiffany Paulsen’s Winter Spring Summer or Fall has all the ingredients for a memorable coming-of-age romantic drama: a meet-cute steeped in indie charm, charismatic leads in Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White, and a structure built around the symbolic passage…
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A Tense and Compassionate Crime Thriller
Duncan Skiles’ Neighborhood Watch, written by Sean Farley, brings an emotional and suspenseful edge to the crime thriller genre by focusing less on explosive action and more on damaged people striving to do the right thing against overwhelming odds. Bolstered…
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Keeley Hawes’ Regency Drama Is an Uneven Exploration of Jane Austen’s Less Famous Sister
With the 250th anniversary of the legendary Jane Austen’s birth arriving this year, it’s only appropriate that we celebrate the literary heroine’s legacy in some way that isn’t just another adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. (Looking at you, Netflix.) Given…
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When Horror Hits the Reset Button
This Until Dawn movie review dives into one of the wildest horror thrill rides of 2025. This isn’t just another game-to-screen cash grab. It’s a full-on horror remix. You get a slasher, a supernatural thriller, and a creepy time loop…
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Toby Kebbell & Shia LaBeouf Can’t Help This Boxing Drama To Feel Original
Have we reached a point where no amount of spin can create something fresh within the boxing film genre? It’s true that the differences between most entries in, for example, the “Rocky” franchise and nearly every other motion picture revolving…
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Ruby Sunday’s Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Doctor Who Season 2 Episode 4. After three episodes of nonstop action and pulse-pounding twists, Doctor Who is taking a breather with a Doctor-lite episode and throwing it back to last year’s…
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Hard Knocks and Moral Shadows
Gareth Evans, best known for his bone-crunching martial arts showcases in The Raid series, returns with Havoc, a brooding neo-noir action thriller that leans heavily into the grit and grime of urban decay. Anchored by a bruised and brooding performance…
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Death-Centric Dark “Comedy” Is Overly Slow And Hardly Humorous
While I’m pretty agnostic when it comes to genre, I’m a huge fan of dark comedy. Straddling comedy and drama, or maintaining a sardonic sense of humor without coming across as overtly cruel, are challenging tasks for filmmakers. I can…
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Maria Bakalova, Daryl Wein Star In A Genre-Confused Romp With Little To Say
While hardly the first entry in that tried-and-true subset of film revolving around someone lured to any manner of nondescript palatial estate by an individual possessing more than a hint of mystery, only for things to soon spiral rapidly out…
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One of the Most Timely Movies of 2025
A journalist should never become the story, and yet, far too frequently, they do. Nearly twenty years ago, the assassination of American-Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya sent shockwaves around the world. She was a social commentator turned investigative journalist who unknowingly…
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Natasha Lyonne’s Murder Mystery Comedy Returns With a More Uneven Ride
Most probably know what a "whodunit" is, but what exactly is a "howcatchem"? To put it simply, it's the same formula that most detective shows and crime procedurals follow, but reversed, where the crime and killer are revealed up front,…
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