Run Sweetheart Run is as inconsistent, condescending, and unsubtle as films come. Audiences should run far away indeed. There are no shortage of think pieces out…
Halloween Ends is a superior to film to Halloween Kills, and that’s essentially where the praise ends. Let’s be clear about one thing right off…
Peter Hedges brings his typical schtick to The Same Storm, getting off to a rocky start but ultimately getting somewhere heartwarming enough. Is there any filmmaker…
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is an undeniably gonzo experience, but it’s ultimately not much more than an oddball visual accompaniment to the film’s sure-to-boom soundtrack. Josh Gordon…
Significant Other is a competently made horror diversion, but one utterly lacking in scares or thematic coherence. In a recent interview regarding Paramount Pictures’ release of…
The Swimmer is yet another skin-thin film about gay men that is unfortunately more interested in titillation than characterization. The Israeli gay coming-of-age drama The Swimmer…
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn is an inane and butt-ugly franchise continuation that delivers exactly nothing to the hordes of nobody who asked for it. Jeepers Creepers: Reborn…
Bros is a would be rom-com lacking in comedy, chemistry, and untroubled rhetoric on gay culture. First off, the good news: director/co-writer Nicholas Stoller’s Bros is…
A fluff-piece out two months before its prime time, About Fate is a lukewarm entry into the holiday rom-com catalog. For a romantic comedy, About Fate…
The Class attempts a Breakfast Club update, but ends up being more misery porn than homage. It has been 37 years since John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club graced the…
Lou proves to be a surprising and nostalgic actioner for its first half, but it utterly undone by an interminable second half beset by twists…
Grand Jeté is a gorgeous film to behold, but its visual design is unfortunately in service of material that’s too one-note and depthless to actually…
Director Tearepa Kahi’s Muru hails from New Zealand and takes a rather unique approach toward addressing the horrors that its people have endured for over…
2022’s Goodnight Mommy fails to find and replicate the nuance of the original, delivering only shallow ugliness in its stead. Actress Naomi Watts is no…
House of Darkness absolutely butchers its attempt at a female empowerment tale, landing somewhere between overtly offensive and appallingly stupid. It’s feast or famine when it…
Who Invited Them visits well-worn territory, but its novel navigation of these familiar trappings makes for an effectively discomfiting viewing experience. The Covid pandemic and…
The Immaculate Room is a poorly paced and thematically shallow film that bludgeons each and every one of its talking points to death. In premise alone,…
Wifelike is the type of science fiction with just enough thematic novelty to compel the viewer, but not enough to make for a satisfying experience. On…
Maneater is confounding and viscerally dull take on the shark attack subgenre. The glut of shark-themed films airing on the SyFy Channel on a weekly basis…
The Invitation perhaps could have actually been surprising if marketing hadn’t spoiled its game, but there’s unfortunately not much else for viewers to have fun…