New Cult Classic: Angela Robinson’s DEBS
Angela Robinson’s 2004 cult comedy deserves to be reevaluated as a queer, campy cult classic. Here’s why DEBS deserves your attention.
REVIEW: GIRL ON THE THIRD FLOOR is a complex twist on the haunted house movie
“The house sits across the street from a church. The house had previously been a brothel. These two facts were unique to this particular house and, to me, hinted at an intriguing starting point.” This is how director Travis Stevens describes the genesis of Girl On The Third Floor in a …
UNDERWATER evaporates almost immediately, but has enough craft to spare
The new Kristen Stewart sci-fi creature feature Underwater hits theaters this weekend, does it sink or swim?
The Best Video Games of the 2010s
The 2010s are over, and the decade saw some radical changes in the gaming landscape. Join us as we count down the best video games of the decade!
The ScreenRex Podcast Episode 1 – The Best Films of the 2010s
In this first episode of our brand new podcast, we discuss our picks for the best films of the decade that was.
Is STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER The Worst Movie of the Decade?
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be an enormous hit this year, further cementing Disney’s box office domination. Is it complete garbage?
BOMBSHELL is a Hollow Ode to White Feminism
Bombshell may be based on a real-life scandal, but its treatment of it is a faux-empowering mess of a movie. It wants to be a bombshell; it’s more of a dud.
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?
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
Dear Television Critics, Quit Forgetting Dave Gibbons
A plea to our colleagues to properly credit both creators of WATCHMEN
The Bleak Brilliance of VERONICA MARS
Veronica Mars was a shockingly dark teen neo-noir when it first aired in the mid-2000s, and the series feels even more relevant today than it did the day it first aired.