I wasn’t sure what to expect from a film called Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass. A Wizard of Oz parody wasn’t on my bingo sheet, however. It wasn’t until about halfway through the film that I picked up…
Sep 13, 2026
TELLURIDE: A painter may excel in oils, but struggle in watercolors. A guitar player may thrive with rock music, but stumble in the country realm. For a documentary filmmaker, one of the most difficult creative transitions is transitioning into fictional…
Sep 13, 2026
It's easy to see why everyone involved would have signed on for The Runner. These voice-on-phone thrillers have a very natural dramatic tension to them: a mysterious mastermind villain, a ticking clock, a protagonist who must creatively problem-solve on the…
Sep 11, 2026
It's been two years since Guy Ritchie's Netflix series, The Gentlemen, first hit our streaming screens, and its sophomore return is making an even bigger splash than Season 1. Based on his 2019 film of the same title, The Gentlemen…
Sep 11, 2026
Since 2005, LEGO has explored a galaxy far, far away through fun and inventive shorts, series, and specials, with 2016’s The Freemaker Adventures series marking a turning point for the brick-sized franchise. In 2020, LEGO proved to be the most…
Sep 9, 2026
There is something inherently powerful about a coming-of-age story that understands growing up is not always a gradual process. Sometimes, childhood disappears in an instant, replaced by circumstances that force someone to confront adulthood before they are ready. Julia Hart‘s…
Sep 9, 2026
The Invite is based on the Spanish comedy, The People Upstairs. I’ve yet to see the original, although two other films came to mind while watching The Invite: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Bob & Carol & Ted &…
Sep 7, 2026
There will always be something deliciously ironic about “Coyote Vs. Acme,” a movie about a little guy taking on an all-powerful corporation that was itself nearly erased by an all-powerful corporation. Warner Bros. Discovery infamously shelved the completed film in…
Sep 7, 2026
The age of the A-list action star may be long gone, but that doesn’t stop Jason Statham from churning out a new movie full of punches, kicks, gunshots, and explosions at a rate that rivals Stallone and Schwarzenegger in the…
Sep 5, 2026
There was a time, in the mid-to-late '90s, when movie theaters would get a new serial killer thriller seemingly every month. You know the ones: Without a Trace, Copycat, Kiss the Girls, The Bone Collector, and the like, all chasing…
Sep 5, 2026