It’s been a year since The Old Guard gave us gay immortal warriers and an endlessly rewatchable action film on Netflix. Director Gina Prince-Bythewood took Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández‘s graphic novel series (Rucka also serves as screenwriter for the…
The Old Guard Review: An action film with depth
The Old Guard is a surprising film in that it subverts expectations, carrying with it a burden as old as its leading characters. That burden is never shed, but it works to add a depth that most action films have…
Bombshell Movie Review: Even Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie can’t make this story truly explosive
The main issue with Bombshell is a certain lack of perception, a reticence to truly examine a culture that was practically guaranteed to implode one way or another. To the film’s credit, it does dive into the story of the…
Movie Review: Long Shot sells its odd-couple romance
More so than most genres, romantic comedies demand that their audience check their preconceived notions of sensibility at the door, instead adopting a wide-eyed innocence in the face of true love. For Jonathan Levine (director of such underappreciated gems as…
Tully Movie Review: An Honest and Poignant Look at Motherhood
From our own experiences and from what has been told to us, mothers are often seen as magical beings. They give life and then care for it unconditionally to the point of exhaustion and are offered little in return. Jason…
Gringo is a Messy but Compelling Shkreli Revenge Fantasy
There’s no way Amazon Studios could have predicted they would release Nash Edgerton’s Gringo on the same day hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison for securities fraud. Shkreli—nicknamed the “Pharma Bro”—swiftly became one of…
Movie Review: Atomic Blonde
There is nothing new about the One Man Army action genre, but it seems to have hit a fever pitch in recent years. One man, one gun, hundreds of enemies and unlimited ammo are only a few of the distinguishing…