‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ is far from perfect, and not strange in the ways it wants to be, and is more interested in its star-studded cast than the story.
What They Had Movie Review: An all star cast paints a humanist portrait of grief
Generally speaking, terminal illness is a pretty safe bet if you’re looking to craft a tear-jerking indie drama. It’s appropriately tragic, reaching its tendrils into nearly every aspect of loved ones’ lives, and, most importantly, it’s all too relatable for…
Movie Review: 12 Strong
About an hour into 12 Strong, I started to realize that I was periodically tuning out to mentally watch the better films that were so obviously being cannibalized. Where the best war movies present the atrocities of combat as nothing…
Movie Review: The Shape of Water
Director Guillermo del Toro builds his worlds from the ground up, imbuing his chosen universes with such distinct senses of self that we can’t help but buy immediately into the world he’s drawn. A man with a mind for the fantastical…
TIFF Movie Review: The Shape of Water
To read further TIFF 2017 coverage, go here. Director Guillermo del Toro builds his worlds from the ground up, imbuing his chosen universes with such distinct senses of self that we can’t help but buy immediately into the world he’s drawn. A…
Oscars 2017: 10 Biggest Snubs and Surprises
The Oscar nominations are out which means it’s time to ruin relationships over who did and did not get nominated. After last year’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy, people were anxious to see if the Academy learned its lesson. Well, it did and…
Watch the first trailer for Frank & Lola starring Michael Shannon
Michael Shannon and Imogen Poots star as the title characters in Frank and Lola, the dark feature film debut from director Matthew Ross. The film follows the shifting relationship of the titular characters through tangled webs of manipulation and revenge. …