The Rental, Dave Franco’s directorial debut, offers some entertaining horror value in certain respects, but suffers from a lack of meaningful and interesting characters to round out the horror scenario. It’s cast is pretty great: Charlie (Dan Stevens) and Michelle…
‘Apostle’ trailer spotlights a flock’s hellish side
“This island… It’s our paradise.” Minus the late-night bloodletting, glimpses of imprisoned children, public execution and aggressive indoctrination, Erisden is nirvana. Worth a willing visit or two, even. Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens), on the other hand, has no choice but to get…
Movie Review: Marshall
There is great power in films that stray from an obvious approach, much like Marshall seemed to be aiming for when it chose which of Thurgood Marshall’s cases to focus on. Unfortunately, this film strays so far that although his…
Movie Review: Kill Switch
Video game movies have left such a poor taste in everyone’s mouth. No matter how popular the property being adapted, movies based off of video games have almost always been made with bad filmmaking, grim atmosphere, stupid writing, and boring…
Movie Review: The Ticket
Dan Stevens delivers a powerhouse performance in Ido Fluk’s philosophical family drama The Ticket. Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, the film tackles themes about faith, the virtues of comfort and the easy descent a man takes when given the slippery…
Movie Review: Colossal
Certainly touting one of the most bizarre synopsis for films debuting this year, Colossal, written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo, is also one of the most surprising delights. A film which manages to blend monster movie madness with indie darling character exploration and…