With NOPE, Jordan Peele takes his biggest risk yet by playing it safe
Every now and then, a film comes along that defies everything that came before.
Every now and then, a film comes along that defies everything that came before.
Mr. Malcolm’s List could use a little more passion, but it is otherwise a delightfully charming romantic comedy with a stellar cast.
Final Fantasy II is not well liked. In nearly every list I can find ranking the Final Fantasy games, Final Fantasy II sits square at the bottom. Tellingly, for many American fans, Final Fantasy II doesn’t even mean Final Fantasy II; it means Final Fantasy IV, released in America as …
The latest adaptation from horror writing star Joe Hill, THE BLACK PHONE, takes a solid short story and stretches it into meaninglessness.
More than a decade ago, a small anthropomorphic shell with a squeaky voice caught the collective eyes of the internet. Marcel, a shell with crude googley eyes and glued-on shoes, charmed in a series of stop-motion shorts where he described the world from his small point of view: a slice of life mockumentary about how he drives a bug for a car, wears a lentil for a hat, and uses human toenails as skis.
Final Fantasy I’s Pixel Remaster is an approachable way to play an iconic game. How does the game itself hold up, 35 years later?
ALICE tells the semi-true story of an enslaved woman escaping captivity only to find herself in 1970s George. But is it worth your time?
INSIDE OUT film festival recently wrapped up with the Thrive series, a set of excellent short films about the trans and nonbinary experience.
When Alex Garland made the jump from writing to directing, he was one of the few to successfully make the leap. Known for penning acclaimed films like 28 Days Later and Sunshine, Garland’s directorial debut of Ex Machina in 2014 turned heads. And if his follow up – the 2018 adaptation of the novel Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer – didn’t outright turn heads, it at least tilted them.
DORFROMANTIK, a relaxingly gentle new puzzle game from Toukana Interactive, is a cottagecore dream come true.
The long-awaited sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, is just around the corner – and miracle of all miracles, it’s as good as you’ve heard.
SELL/BUY/DATE, a loose adaptation of Sarah Jones’ popular one-woman show, hides an anti-sex work polemic behind a documentarian facade.
AMERICANISH is a solid but overstuffed romantic comedy/culture clash dramedy held together by an immensely charming cast.
HOMEBODY is a genderqueer bodyswap movie that falters in the last act, despite a charming performance from star Colby Minifie.
Every so often, a documentary finds a truly odd story and a truly novel way to tell it, and THE PEZ OUTLAW unquestionably fits that mold.