Cannes has always prided itself in cinematic controversy and this year It didn’t take much time for the anticipated, but controversial screening of Bong Joon Ho’s “Okja” to create a stir. The film started off being booed not for its…
Movie Review: Holy Hell
Director William Francesco Allen stumbled upon a treasure trove of footage for his documentary Holy Hell and yet, the execution is so poor that I can’t recommend the film. The film is an inside look at a cult that was formed by…
Movie Review: Maggie’s Plan
Doing screwball comedy isn’t easy. The timing has got to not only be perfect, but the joke itself has got to match the precise moment it is being delivered. Not just that, but the delivery has got to match the…
Cannes Report #5 (American Honey, Personal Shopper, Hell or High Water)
One thing about the Cannes film festival is that you watch so many noteworthy films that you are bound to lost track of some. Case in point David Mackenzie’s Hell or High Water (8/10) which screened as part of the…
Cannes Report #3 (The BFG, Handmaiden, Toni Erdmann, Slack Bay)
It’s a moment etched in Cannes history. Steven Spielberg’s E.T. premiering in 1982 as the closing night film, the famous bike ride to the moon sequence occurring and the entire audience firing up their lighters in the dark. Goosebumps. Any…
15 summer movies to get pumped up for
Summer is right around the corner, which means it’s that time of the year again where we look at what is to come in the next four months. We chose the 17 studio movies that seem to have the most…
