In Beast, a doctor and his two young daughters find themselves at the wrong end of a lion's taste for vengeance as they become trapped in the South African bush Over the running time of Beast, wildlife biologist and animal sanctuary protector Martin (Sharlto Copley) remarks a few times that what is happening isn't normal.…
Years after witnessing his father’s murder, a Viking prince goes on a rampage across Scandinavia to avenge his death and save his mother. Continue reading ‘The Northman’ goes south | movie review
A couple heads out to a remote cabin for a romantic getaway, but only one of them returns. The Cow follows Winona Ryder's Kath as she unravels the mystery. The Cow starts and ends showing promise for Eli Horowitz as a director. However, the movie’s undercooked non-linear narrative and rough screenplay undercut any dramatic tension…
Children of Men is a prescient look at a dystopia where no new children have been born in 18 years, leading to chaos in society Children of Men is perhaps the definitive movie of the first two decades of the 21st century as a prescient look at our potential future. Powered by JustWatch What’s stunning…
Welcome Home is nothing more than a kitschy thriller that makes for a perfect popcorn-fueled late-night hate-watch. Powered by JustWatch Welcome Home is fun enough to watch, but for all the wrong reasons. The level of the melodrama in this erotic thriller makes it objectively bad, but it edges on so bad it’s good mostly…
In Resurrection, a mother desperately tries to keep her past life from spilling into her present as an old figure walks back in to her life Resurrection premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. It is seeking U.S. distribution. Halfway through Resurrection, there’s a 10-minute scene where Margaret (Rebecca Hall) recounts a traumatic period of…
Three Black women navigate the horrors — both real and supernatural — of working and attending a predominently white institution in Master Master is playing at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. It will be released on Prime Video in March. The most horrifying scene in Master, the feature debut of director Mariama Diallo, takes place…
In Last Night in Soho, an aspiring fashion designer escapes her drab London life by transporting by to the 1960s and inhabiting an aspiring singer. But eventually dreams become nightmares. Edgar Wright is anything but subtle in his filmmaking and storytelling. When asked, “how much?” he answers with a resounding, “yes!” — and that’s typically…
The Guilty follows a suspended police officer working 911 dispatch who falls upon an abduction case that he becomes determined to solve The Guilty is a tense, innovative, and constantly twisting police procedural that unfolds in real-time and solely through phone calls to incredible effect. However, it elevates itself by also acting as a character…
In M. Night Shyamalan's Old a group of vacationers become trapped on an isolated beach where time is sped up and everyone is aging rapidly Old is a weird psychological body horror that’ll divide audiences. The odd tone of that film makes for an interesting B-horror movie that either you'll love, hate, or love to hate.…