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.
Category: Film
LONG SHOT somehow makes it work
At first blush, Long Shot looks like exactly that. Political rom-com? Is that a thing anyone really wants right now? But somehow it has emerged as one of the better romantic comedies to get a theater release in the last year.
Atlanta Film Festival 2019: Features Overview
The 2019 Atlanta Film Festival showed 180+ feature films, short films, special presentations and creative media, and was one of the best lineups of films I’ve seen in my ten years of going to the fest. It’s no wonder it was recently named the second best film festival in the country! Here’s a rundown of …
AFF ’19: GREENER GRASS is your new favorite party movie
There is a rich history of suburban satire and horror, from The Stepford Wives to The Burbs to Halloween, but none capture the inherent weirdness in the suburban community like Greener Grass, the feature film debut of writer/director/stars Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe.
AFF ’19: IN FABRIC is the best kind of surreal horror
Peter Strickland’s films are always difficult to define, from his ode to the Italian Giallo in Berberian Sound Studio to the women-only alternate universe BDSM romance of The Duke of Burgundy. His newest film, In Fabric, is firmly in the horror camp, but is too stylish and bizarre to fit easily into any sub-genre.
AFF ’19: EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL, AND VILE provides a unique and fascinating perspective
With recent true crime series like Kidnapped in Plain Sight and Leaving Neverland, the conversation afterwards always steers towards, “How did they really not see what was going on?” This is a difficult question; from an outside perspective, it seems impossible that we wouldn’t see through a pedophile or sociopath’s motives right away, …
AFF ’19: THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT is sweet and unique
The indie drama scene is full of quirky romances; that might even be how you define indie drama. There’s a reason for it, obviously: relationships are hard, and are rarely as clean and defined as those seen in Hollywood romances. The complex ins and outs of a new relationship are …
AFF ’19: THE FAREWELL is a moving and funny look at family and culture
We’ve all seen the film about a family that is brought together by the illness or death of a loved one, wrought with melodrama and big, broad performances. The Farewell is not that.
SHAZAM! – finally another great DC movie
When your favorite film critic was 9 years old, the character then known as Captain Marvel was his absolute favorite superhero of all time. There’s just something inherent in the concept that really appeals to little guys. The idea that with one magic word you could turn into an adult, …
CLIMAX, an exercise in sadism that offers little else
Gaspar Noe is a filmmaker that revels in controversy, or at least that’s the way it seems from the outset. There’s a brutal immediacy to his work that is instantly appealing, and to some degree gripping. While Irreversible is a taut examination and rumination on violence and its ripple effects, it’s also …
POLAR is a deeply unpleasant movie
Polar, a Netflix adaptation of a spy thriller graphic novel, is terrible in nearly every way a movie can be bad. Do not watch it.
The Best Sounding Movies of 2018
It’s been a fantastic year for sound in film, and as GeekRex’s resident sound guy, I look forward to making my picks all year! The lineup of films is pretty awesome, and one of my picks has maybe the best mix in cinematic history. Hopefully this will open some ears and …
BAFF 2018: Best Short Films of the Fest
This year’s Buried Alive Film Festival has perhaps the best crop of short horror films I’ve seen to date! As always, if any of these sounds interesting to you, seek them out and support the filmmakers!
BAFF 2018: Feature Films Overview
This year’s selection of feature films at the Buried Alive Film Festival 2018 was easily the best I’ve seen in years. From an insightful documentary to neon gore, there was certainly something for every horror fan! Here is my rundown of all the features shown at this year’s festival.
BAFF 2018: VIOLENCE VOYAGER is the grossest children’s adventure ever made
Have you ever found yourself watching a Studio Ghibli movie and thinking, “I wish these child characters suffered a strange bodily transformation”? Or perhaps you were watching The Fly and lamented the fact that Cronenberg hasn’t made a children’s body horror film.