Alita: Battle Angel boasts exhilarating action scenes and a breakout performance by Rosa Salazar, but buckles under the weight of its complex plot. Alita: Battle Angel gets one very important thing right: robots fighting. Director Robert Rodriguez — best known for the Spy Kids and Sin City franchises — knows how to direct an action scene.…
Though it's nearly two decades old, The Blair Witch Project still holds up as a modern classic With the second installment (second because let's just forget about that horrid Book Of Bleh) of The Blair Witch Project coming out in a few weeks, aptly titled Blair Witch, I thought it would be appropriate to review the original. I first watched the…
The Fog is a short and effective ghost story told by horror master John Carpenter. Now, it returns beautifully restored in a collectible steelbook thanks to Shout Factory. The Fog opens on a campfire surrounded by a group of engrossed kids and an old maritime storyteller regaling them with the tale of a ship that crashed…
Best Actress is one of the most competitive categories at the 2019 Oscars as Glenn Close hopes to finally seal the deal. Best Actress, unlike its Best Actor counterpart, is a little bit more clear in terms of who the top contenders are. And many of them follow Oscar history — young ingenues, overlooked veterans.…
Glass is a wildly ambitious conclusion to M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable trilogy that succeeds and fails in many ways. Glass — the finale of M. Night Shyamalan’s surprise Unbreakable trilogy — is ambitious and wild. It works completely in some aspects and fails in others. But I’m glad that it exists. Shyamalan took the initiative and self-financed the film,…
All These Small Moments is a charming, well-acted New York City coming-of-age set against a family-in-crisis drama. There’s something so charming and idealistic about movies set in New York City. There’s a different kind of energy that they give off. Something homey. All These Small Moments is no exception. It’s a testament to first-time director…
From "Shampain" to "Blue" and The Family Jewels to Froot, here are the 13 best Marina and the Diamonds songs! If you can't tell, I adore Marina and the Diamonds, and I am pretty sure I could have justified every one of her songs to be on this list; but I tried to restrain myself. I mean,…
Tessa Thompson and Lily James star in the crime thriller, Nia Dacosta's film debut Little Woods. https://youtu.be/8HxRrJk48sg Little Woods writer/director Nia Dacosta has had one hell of a breakout in the last few months — and her debut film hasn't even been released yet. She made waves when it was announced that she would be directing a…
From the post-apocalyptic to the not-so-distant future, here are the ten best sci-fi movies of the decade (so far)! Sci-fi is one of the most interesting and innovative genres because it poses a specific challenge. How do you show tomorrow while commenting on today? At least, that’s what good sci-fi tries to do. Look at…
Raw is a body horror movie like no other with its dark tone that allows for moments of levity and profound themes Note to self: never attend French veterinary school. If it's anything like Julia Ducournau depicts in Raw, then I'm not sure how France has any veterinarians at all. That's because the often bloody hazing and jaw-dropping foray into…
