Reviews, Discussions, and Interviews – All from Nashville
Mia Goth’s Star Shines in Unsettling but Predictable ‘Pearl’ (Review)
A deranged star aims to be born by any means necessary amongst paranoia and solitude in the second film of Ti West's 'X' trilogy. After almost six years away from feature filmmaking, writer/director Ti West returned to the horror genre this year with X, a terrifying...
‘Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story’ a jubilant tribute to the Big Easy (Review)
At times, it takes being removed from something to make you truly appreciate it. The concert experience is one that became an impossibility during the COVID-19 pandemic, the sacred gathering of harmonious strangers to soak in live music. In polarizing times,...
Bittersweet ‘Clerks III’ is Kevin’s Smith’s magnum opus (Review)
After years and years of building his filmography into a beloved brand, filmmaker Kevin Smith has, in a way, made his best film a direct anthesis to everything he's made before this. After years and years of development, Clerks III is here, and it's all...
Continuing to Play the Classics in Theaters Keeps Movies Alive: A Tale of Grandmas, ‘Jaws’ and Ben Gardner’s Head
One of my favorite stories my grandmother has ever told me involved Ben Gardner's head. It was the summer of 1975, and Steven Spielberg's Jaws had just opened up at the now-defunct Belle Meade Theater in Nashville, Tennessee. My grandfather had gotten tickets...
Amazon’s Big Gamble Pays Off with ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ (Review)
The prequel series premieres tonight on Prime Video at 8:00PM CST Before a single piece of footage was ever released, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power had all the makings for an eventual documentary or “based on a true story” film about how much of a disaster...
Idris Elba battles lion in film prideful of B-movie thrills with Beast (Review)
In a world where studio blockbusters bend over backwards to try and craft cinematic universes, crack way too many jokes and push the boundaries of visual effects, it’s really nice to just have a summer movie where Idris Elba squares off against an evil lion. Beast,...
The Letterboxd Files with Cory: Vol. 8
Let's keep on truckin' with more Letterboxd reviews from yours truly. The Letterboxd Files with Cory is back with more movies you can watch, based on reviews I have written for a separate website/app. Hey, I don't make the rules. I just press the buttons. Hope you're...
Defy Film Festival 2022: ‘Attendant’ is a Minimalist but Powerful Meditation About Finding Self-Love (Review)
Audiences are in for a flight attendant's psychological headtrip that's unlike any other in this debut feature from New York-based filmmakers Rome Petersson and Alice Millar. The Defy Film Festival is a yearly boutique film festival in Nashville, Tennessee that...
Netflix’s ‘Day Shift’ Lacks Bite (Review)
Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco aren’t enough to elevate this straightforward vampire flick. As streamers continue to reel from the recent plummet of their stocks driven by lagging growth in subscriber numbers, they are reevaluating what they create and release on their...