‘The Half of It’ is the whole package | Netflix movie review
The Half of it is a modern retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac that explores sexuality, identity, friendship, and growing up queer Quick cut: The Half of it is a melancholy, but an ultimately joyful, exploration of growing up and exploring your identity told through a thoughtful, meditative, and heartwarming story. ★★★★★ To steal a term…
HBO Max: 10 Great Movies Now Streaming (July 2020)
Here is a running list of some of the best movies streaming on HBO Max this month! From HBO originals to the DCEU to the Studio Ghibli back catalogue, HBO Max is a film geek's haven. Here are some of the best movies streaming this month. Ad Astra (2019) Here’s what it’s about: Astronaut Roy McBride…
‘Halloween Kills’ moves to 2021
Halloween Kills, the follow up to the 2018 reboot of the long-running franchise, has a new release date due to the coronavirus pandemic After the return of John Carpenter's Halloween franchise made a killing at the box office two years ago, a follow-up was inevitable. However, fans of the long-running Michael Myers franchise will have…
‘Da 5 Bloods’ is Spike Lee’s best-acted joint yet | review
Da 5 Bloods follows a squad of Vietnam veterans who return to the country to find a buried treasure and their fallen comrade Quick cut: On its surface, Da 5 Bloods is an exhilirating adventure filled with twists, turns, and Spike Lee's iconic style. However, it's also a depth-filled character study that his heartbreakingly prescient…
How ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ went from storyboard to screen [VIDEO]
This video shows how Mad Max: Fury Road, one of the best action movies of all time, went from storyboard to screen frame by frame. https://youtu.be/wFmHPsGZqj0 Subscribe to our weekly movie recommendation newsletter! George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road, the fourth movie in his Mad Max franchise, is now regarded as one of the best movies of the…
‘Ready or Not’ is the wedding night from hell | review
Ready or Not follows a bride being hunted by her in-laws through their Victorian mansion as part of a dark family ritual. Hilarity ensues. 30-second review: Diabolically funny, violent and bloody, Ready or Not is a takedown of wealthy elites who'd rather die before losing their fortunes. And like Get Out and You're Next before…
‘Game Night’ wins the jackpot | review
Game Night uses its talented cast to deliver one of the most hilarious broad comedies in years. ★★★★★ Similarly to 2010's Date Night and 2016's Meet the Joneses, Game Night follows Annie (Rachel McAdams) and Max (Jason Bateman), a normal married couple whose game night tradition with their best friends somehow turns into a tangle with…
‘The Lovebirds’ shine, the movie not so much | Netflix review
The Lovebirds follows a failing couple who find themselves on the run after witnessing a murder that ropes them into a criminal enterprise Quick cut: When The Lovebirds gives Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani room to exercise their mastery in comedic timing and delivery it is enormously enjoyable, but the simplistic plot and uninspired writing…
‘Shirley’ is as haunting as its subject | review
Shirley follows a young couple staying with famed novelist Shirley Jackson and her husband as she tries to break through writer's block Quick cut: Shirley is a haunting and devilishly entertaining look at the famed writer anchored by an electrifying performance by Elizabeth Moss. ★★★★ In the opening scene of Josephine Decker’s Shirley, Rose (Odessa…
‘Tingle Monsters’ is the first ASMR horror | short film review
Tingle Monsters takes place in real-time as an ASMR vlogger doing a live stream receives an unexpected surprise ★★★★ In the past few years, there's been a rise of movies taking place fully on a computer screen with the audience as the hapless voyeurs—Searching and the continually underrated Unfriended come to mind. However, what's most…