Press Play’s mash-up of The Time Machine and The Notebook is plagued by a wet blanket lead, horrid pacing, and a lack of any real…
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes doesn’t exactly add up to much, but it’s a viscerally wild ride of psychedelic visuals and ominous vibes for those…
The Score offers some conceptual intrigue, but its vitality as a musical is undermined by source material ill-suited to the form. Based on the music…
The Passenger boasts a duo of capable directors behind the camera, but little beyond the impressive visuals lands with any force. Those looking for…
Cordelia engages as an exercise in tension for a while, but is utterly undone by a slogging climax that opts for conceptual indulgence and dank…
Mau delivers only celebratory mythos and lore where a thornier portrait of its subject could have built something far more meaningful. In this era of…
Mascarpone vacillates between insight and one-dimensionality, but its luscious aesthetic character keeps its lightly recommendable. Gay Italian drama Mascarpone certainly knows how to appease its…
Black Site has obvious limitations that cap its ceiling, but as a DTV film in spirit if not in star power, it’s solid enough for…
The latest film to fail to properly utilize the cornfield’s unique horror setting, Escape the Field isn’t the least bit scary, clever, or compelling.…
9 Bullets is a startlingly bad film, one that struggles to reach even basic competence in any individual or collective regard. In his recent book…
Hello, Bookstore is soothing, cozy documentary but one entirely devoid of stakes or storytelling thrust. Hello, Bookstore opens with footage shot in the early weeks…
The Sound of Violet is a deeply out of touch, frequently offensive bit of nonsense that is best left unwatched. Phrases like “unbelievable” and “batshit…
Madelines has the clear kernel of a good idea, but ultimately feels like the rough draft of a rough draft. The latest no-budget sci-fi flick…
As They Made Us leans heavily into flat sitcom tropes, neutering any potential feeling the family drama might have otherwise realized. Family dramedy As They…
So Cold the River’s successfully unnerves for a while, but ultimately gives into to more gauche and bloody flourishes. Horror likes to look backward,…
After watching Measure of Revenge, you’ll understand why the film bears no writer credit. The Bella Thorne paycheck train chugs along with Measure of Revenge,…
Sin Eater is a remarkably rough first draft masquerading as a finished film. There’s a recent episode of the PVD Horror Podcast that features the…
The only thing Tethered is tied to is a bad time. Miles from civilization, a monster stalks woods that are inhabited by a mother…