The “What year is it?” energy is intense this year as film after film claims or functions like they’re throwbacks. Off the top of one’s head, a great one is The Djinn, the claustrophobic horror film that would fit right…
Cold Pursuit Movie Review: Liam Neeson freezes hollow remake
Liam Neeson is done. He’s older, he’s tired, he’s bored, he’s just not trying anymore. His career reinvention that kicked off over a decade ago with Taken has officially exhausted itself, but he can’t leave the money pit of being…
The Commuter Review: Liam Neeson’s latest is a flashy and fun ride
]There comes a moment in Jaume Collet-Serra’s The Commuter where all one’s problems with the film—all one’s disbelief towards its improbable premise, all one’s discomfort with its occasionally shoddy camerawork and editing—fall away. In this moment we realize our total…
‘Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House’ Trailer
Oscar Season has officially begun, people! We’ve already seen a few promising contenders during the summer, but will they all make it to the final race? It’s time to find out. This week we introduce another possible film candidate starring…
The Book of Henry is Both a Great and Terrible Movie
Minor spoilers for The Book of Henry ahead. But, really, do you care? You do not. Here’s the thing about discovering that you’ll be reviewing The Book of Henry days after its theatrical release: there’s not much to say about it…
‘Red Nose Day Actually’ Releases Trailer
The story and characters that melted our hearts back in 2003 is ready to make a (really small) come back this month! Richard Curtis’ Love Actually is having a sequel entitled Red Nose Day Actually, a tv-short set to air during…
Movie Review: Silence
Like a good deal of Martin Scorsese’s films, Silence handles the subject of faith in a complex and humanistic way; the legendary American filmmaker transmutes the torment, humiliation and suffering of two young, idealistic Jesuit priests, by the fiendish censors of Feudal Japan,…