by Sean Atkins | Jan 14, 2022
Who says you can’t release a good horror film outside the fall season? As awards season picks up steam and audiences start to slowly come off their high from last month’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, we set our sights on the New Year and the exciting film slate ahead....
by Kevin Allen | Jan 13, 2022
In 2018, anime director Mamoru Hosoda received an Academy Award nomination for Mirai, which enthralled audiences with gorgeous animation and a wondrous coming-of-age narrative that explored the psychology of its child protagonist well, yet was lacking in thematic...
by Sean Atkins | Jan 6, 2022
Despite A-list star George Clooney churning out some duds behind the camera, including last year’s pricey The Midnight Sky from Netflix and 2017’s Suburbicon starring Matt Damon, he still should appear on the radar whether he’s starring or directing. Clooney’s latest...
by Kevin Allen | Dec 30, 2021
William Shakespeare’s timeless play Macbeth has been adapted to film several times over the years, from Akira Kurosawa’s samurai epic Throne of Blood and Orson Welles’ 1948 adaptation to Justin Kurzel’s dreamlike retelling that starred Michael Fassbender and Marion...
by Cory Woodroof | Dec 29, 2021
For a film series primarily known for its spunk, it’s a bit shocking to see Matthew Vaughn take his third foray into the Kingsman universe and ring it dry of its bite. What often felt like a direct lampoon of the Daniel Craig James Bond films and a hyperreactive 2010s...
by Kevin Allen | Dec 23, 2021
Ever since debuting with Hard Eight and Boogie Nights in 1997, Paul Thomas Anderson has been a constant presence in the conversation about the best contemporary filmmaking auteur working today, and he continues to solidify himself as such with his new film, Licorice...
