STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER is saved by its panopoly of ideas
Our review of the Star Wars sequel trilogy capper, The Rise of Skywalker is here. What did we think of JJ Abrams’ return?
Category: Film
6 UNDERGROUND Is A Monumental Failure
6 Underground is Michael Bay at his Michael Bay-iest, now with added Deadpool-related style. It regularly veers into unwatchable.
2019 was the Year of Stress Films
The year is 2019, and the world is falling apart.
Movies reflect real-life events, societal trends, politics, and more. Sometimes, like a mirror, they do this with surprising immediacy. In other cases, like a shadow, films shortly follow behind reality’s wake. I’d argue 2019 wasn’t a singularly particularly devastating year for the country and the world as much as it is a bookend to a set of several taxing, tension-filled years.
63 UP poignantly makes you stare reality in the face
We review the latest entry in one of film’s most important efforts, 63 Up, easily the most poignant chapter of the Up Series thus far.
BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON Fails Fat People
Brittany Runs a Marathon feels like a story about fat people by – and for – skinny people. It’s fitspo masquerading as art.
Southeastern Film Critics Association names PARASITE the year’s best film
Bong Joon-ho’s satire keeps racking up the critics prizes
Atlanta Film Critics Circle announces its 2019 winners, names PARASITE year’s best film
Other honorees include Bong Joon-ho, Adam Driver, Renee Zellweger and more
BAFF 2019: Feature Film Rundown
Every November in Atlanta, Georgia, Halloween gets extended a few extra weeks, and we all have an excuse to continue watching horror movies a bit longer before diving into the holiday season. That’s all thanks to the Buried Alive Film Festival, the long running festival that brings great horror films of …
BAFF 2019: THE WRETCHED is the next great witch movie
Witch stories are on the rise, and there are two kinds of witch movies that I really dig: modern feminist witches that kick patriarchal ass, and creepy ancient witches that eat babies. The Wretched, directed by the Pierce Brothers, falls firmly in the latter category.
BAFF ’19: PORNO is what you should be watching
Porno is great. Everyone should watch Porno from time to time, and you’ll really enjoy yourself watching it.
Okay, sorry, I couldn’t resist.
BAFF 2019: ANTRUM delivers on the mystique, but not the substance
It’s no secret that marketing and expectations can have an effect on how we perceive a movie, and historically this has been used with great success for horror films. Think of how terrifying The Blair Witch Project was when it first released, when there were rumors that the film was in some way …
DOLEMITE IS MY NAME finds Eddie Murphy back on top
Hearing that Eddie Murphy and Netflix are teaming up might give you pause. It’s been a brutal couple of decades for a man that was once one of the hottest stars in Hollywood. But a funny thing about expectations: they can sometimes delightfully be upended.
JOKER is deeply stupid and creatively bankrupt
The stand-alone origin tale for the Batman villain fails in all respects.
QUICKTAKE: Love, Antosha
Love, Antosha does a lot with very little time, which is nothing if not fitting. Through a series of interviews with his family, his friends, and colleagues, the film chronologically explores the chapters of Anton Yelchin’s life.
Podcast Episode 164: Reviewing THE NIGHTINGALE, LUCE, and WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE?
Which should you spend your hard earned dollars on? Well, we’re kind of split, but we do know which movie you *shouldn’t* see.