NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEW! Tom Waller and Eoin O’Brien’s true-life thriller, Kiss of the Con Queen, exposes one of the most prolific catfish scams in Hollywood history. The film’s writer, Eoin O’Brien, stars as Ryan Owens, a slightly…
Oct 22, 2024
Writer-director Steve McQueen has become adept at making movies of lost characters trying to find their way back to their families. He did it with 12 Years a Slave and he’s doing it with his latest feature, Blitz.The historical drama…
Oct 21, 2024
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for From Season 3 Episode 5. The prowling creatures that reign the nights in From leave the Colony House, specifically Boyd (Harold Perrineau), with a traumatizing parting gift before dawn at the end…
Oct 21, 2024
You’d have to either be blind or not live in a big city not to know that America has a severe homeless problem. It seems that the more money we throw at it, the worse the problem gets. Stephen Wollwerth…
Oct 21, 2024
Green Night is writer-director Shuai Han’s follow-up to her acclaimed debut Summer Blur. Whereas that film is an intimate coming-of-age tale, this is a neo-noir thriller touching upon immigration, being trapped in an unloving, abusive relationship, and unexpected same-sex attraction.…
Oct 21, 2024
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Penguin Episode 5. After a powerhouse episode focusing entirely on Sofia Falcone's (Cristin Milioti) time in Arkham, The Penguin shifts the narrative back to Oz (Colin Farrell) in this week's episode,…
Oct 21, 2024
NEW IN THEATERS! Sean Baker can do no wrong. His three most notable features – Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket – are all bona fide masterpieces. Anora, the 2024 Palme d’Or winner, continues his streak of poignant tales…
Oct 21, 2024
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol Episode 4. The first season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon focused solely on Daryl (Norman Reedus), but with a second season…
Oct 21, 2024
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Tracker Season 2 Episode 2. Who tracks the Tracker? Government conspiracies and alien sightings run amok when Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley) himself briefly goes missing in Season 2, Episode 2, “Ontological Shock,”…
Oct 21, 2024
NOW IN THEATERS! Once you step into this moving work of art, your head can never leave Kensuke’s Kingdom, the magnificent two-dimensional animated feature by directors Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry. Frank Cottrell Boyce wrote the screenplay, which was adapted…
Oct 20, 2024