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Review: 'Happy Death Day 2U' Breathes Life into the Horror Genre
Feb 20, 2019
Review: 'Happy Death Day 2U' Breathes Life into the Horror Genre
Feb 20, 2019

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Happy Death Day 2U is a surprising movie. Not just because it’s good, but because it isn’t even the same genre as the first one. Happy Death Day was a fresh take on familiar tropes, namely time loops and slasher horror, and managed to be both irreverent and charming. This one keeps those elements but dodges the more obvious, and probably expected, move of anteing up on the scares. Instead, it zooms in on the implications of time loops and somehow winds up becoming a respectable science fiction movie in the process.

Feb 20, 2019
'The Prodigy' is the Definition of a Low-Effort Horror Movie
Feb 15, 2019
'The Prodigy' is the Definition of a Low-Effort Horror Movie
Feb 15, 2019

By: Evan Todd-McCoy 

The current state of horror cinema is that a cheap movie can make several times its budget without having to actually be any good. As long as it has a few good scares and pays lip service to some familiar tropes, it seems that financial success is easy to attain.

Feb 15, 2019
Velvet Buzzsaw is 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' set in the High-Powered L.A. Art Scene
Feb 3, 2019
Velvet Buzzsaw is 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' set in the High-Powered L.A. Art Scene
Feb 3, 2019

By: Evan Todd-McCoy 

No one was expecting Velvet Buzzsaw to be A Nightmare on Elm Street set in the high-powered L.A. art scene, but that’s exactly what it is. It’s a pulpy, cheeky, and occasionally inventive excuse to take some shots at the art world in the same way that many horror movies often use death curses to punish teenagers for being young and dumb.

Feb 3, 2019
Review: The Kid Who Would Be King is A Family-Friendly Adventure
Jan 29, 2019
Review: The Kid Who Would Be King is A Family-Friendly Adventure
Jan 29, 2019

By: Evan Todd-McCoy 

The Kid Who Would Be King will immediately remind viewers of other kids’ fantasy movies. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing will depend a lot on individual mileage with those movies. If you like Percy Jackson or Harry Potter, chances are good that you’ll appreciate the approach that this movie takes in providing a fun, family-friendly adventure that blends camp, action, and character development in a fairly well-balanced package that is sure to please the kids who make up its intended audience.

Jan 29, 2019
Review: 'Welcome to Marwen' is a strange cinematic experience
Jan 29, 2019
Review: 'Welcome to Marwen' is a strange cinematic experience
Jan 29, 2019

By: Matthew McKenna 

Welcome to Marwen is a strange cinematic experience. It is a type of strange that comes across to the viewer almost as discomforting as an unwelcome personal confession might.

Jan 29, 2019
Review: 'Glass' is a g****mn MASTERPIECE
Jan 22, 2019
Review: 'Glass' is a g****mn MASTERPIECE
Jan 22, 2019

By: Sterling Woods 

After years in directorial jail M. Night Shyamalan proved he could still surprise audiences with Split, and now with his cap to the trilogy about grounded heroes. Glass reminds us why we loved him in the first place.

Jan 22, 2019
Review: Netflix's IO doesn't deserve to be called BAD
Jan 22, 2019
Review: Netflix's IO doesn't deserve to be called BAD
Jan 22, 2019

By: Evan Todd-McCoy

Io is a particular type of low key science fiction film that puts the human element front and center. It’s not a movie for those seeking spectacle or profundity, but rather those who are drawn into its understated drama about what are perhaps the last two people on Earth.

Jan 22, 2019
Review: Alfonso Cuarón delivers his most personal film yet, with 'Roma'
Jan 22, 2019
Review: Alfonso Cuarón delivers his most personal film yet, with 'Roma'
Jan 22, 2019

By: Evan Todd-McCoy 

As a filmmaker, Alfonso Cuarón has moved freely within different genres and styles, building up a body of work that is as impressive as it is varied.

Jan 22, 2019
Review: 'Escape Room' is a surprisingly fresh take on a bland premise
Jan 22, 2019
Review: 'Escape Room' is a surprisingly fresh take on a bland premise
Jan 22, 2019

By: Evan Todd-McCoy 

Setting a thriller around escape rooms is a so-trendy-it-hurts premise. The bluntly titled Escape Room pulls off being a better than average movie anyway.

Jan 22, 2019
10 Legendary Hollywood Directors Returning in 2019
Jan 21, 2019
10 Legendary Hollywood Directors Returning in 2019
Jan 21, 2019

BY: Martin Hoffstepper 

Hollywood’s veteran elite have returned to take advantage of the generous climate. Here’s what some of them are up to in 2019:

Jan 21, 2019
Review: 'Vice' is very good at making us laugh at things that shouldn't be funny
Jan 13, 2019
Review: 'Vice' is very good at making us laugh at things that shouldn't be funny
Jan 13, 2019

By: Evan Todd-McCoy 

Vice could easily have been a dry docudrama with trailers that indicated something more formal, closer to the typical biopic. Leave it to Adam McKay to infuse it with even more of the inventive, mercurial stylization that characterized 2015’s The Big Short.

Jan 13, 2019
Review: Bumblebee is better than it has any right to be
Jan 2, 2019
Review: Bumblebee is better than it has any right to be
Jan 2, 2019

BY: Evan Todd-McCoy 

Bumblebee is not bad, especially for a Transformers movie, but being the best of that bunch is a very low bar to clear.

Jan 2, 2019
Review: Mortal Engines is best when it plows through the plot
Dec 19, 2018
Review: Mortal Engines is best when it plows through the plot
Dec 19, 2018

By: Evan Todd-McCoy 

Mortal Engines is a movie about giant cities on wheels that eat each other. It doesn’t get much higher concept than that. As bonkers as the premise is, the story that takes place in it is still familiar and derivative. The movie is at its best when it plows through plot points and immerses itself and its audience in the environment and imaginative visuals. When it slows down, usually for exposition or a flashback, Mortal Engines fails to justify itself

Dec 19, 2018
Kevin Hart & The Oscars Scramble
Dec 15, 2018
Kevin Hart & The Oscars Scramble
Dec 15, 2018

BY: Martin Hoffstepper 

Hart’s response to the controversy was a controversy in and of itself. The comedian took immediate flak from social media communities for an apparent refusal to apologize, an irrevocably damning move in the #MeToo era.

Dec 15, 2018
Review: A Prayer Before Dawn
Dec 12, 2018
Review: A Prayer Before Dawn
Dec 12, 2018

By:Evan Todd-McCoy

A Prayer Before Dawn is the true story of British boxer Billy Moore’s time in a Thai prison. It could have been “just” a boxing movie or redemption story, instead director Jean-Stephane Sauvaire is more interested in using cinema for its unique storytelling capabilities than he is in telling a conventional story.

Dec 12, 2018
Disney Is Pulling Out All the Stops for Mary Poppins Returns
Dec 10, 2018
Disney Is Pulling Out All the Stops for Mary Poppins Returns
Dec 10, 2018

By: Kaytie Norman

…it seems like anyone who has their reservations should rest assured that in Mary Poppins Returns, “everything is possible, even the impossible.”

Dec 10, 2018
Review: Suspiria is a worthy remake
Dec 9, 2018
Review: Suspiria is a worthy remake
Dec 9, 2018

By Evan Todd-McCoy

The script is an expansion as much as a remake, adding a full hour to the 1977 version’s runtime. Every minute of that is well worth it, as Suspiria 2018 is the rare remake that, if you dig into it, more than earns its right to exist.

Dec 9, 2018
Review: Creed II
Nov 27, 2018
Review: Creed II
Nov 27, 2018

By: Evan Todd-McCoy

Though Creed writer-director Ryan Coogler has moved on, he left Creed 2 in capable hands. This time, relative newcomer Steven Caple Jr. directs a script written by franchise and role originator Sylvester Stallone with the help of Juel Taylor. Together, they create a worthy follow-up.

Nov 27, 2018
Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Nov 24, 2018
Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Nov 24, 2018

By: Evan Todd-McCoy

This film is another in a long line of iterative experiments that the Coen Brothers have made to explore the intersections of comedy and misanthropy. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs dances effortlessly into and out of the comedy mode, but maintains as mean an edge as any of their other work. Viewers caught unawares, expecting another True Grit, may be alienated by the tone or by how dark the Coens are willing to go.

Nov 24, 2018
Sylvester Stallone Keeps Going the Distance
Nov 23, 2018
Sylvester Stallone Keeps Going the Distance
Nov 23, 2018

By: Kaytie Norman

Creed II is just the latest project to show that Stallone hasn’t slowed down.

Nov 23, 2018
Review: Widows transcends the conventional caper movie
Nov 21, 2018
Review: Widows transcends the conventional caper movie
Nov 21, 2018

By: Evan Todd-McCoy

Widows transcends the conventional caper movie and feels more like a full season of The Wire condensed into one expertly-made film. Though you could compare it to something like Heat, it goes beyond that with its firm attention on intersections of American life. Through the eyes of its female leads, we see the consequences women face when they become disposable pawns in power games played by weak, corrupt men.

Nov 21, 2018
Review:The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: The Folly of Choosing Spectacle Over Story
Nov 21, 2018
Review:The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: The Folly of Choosing Spectacle Over Story
Nov 21, 2018

By: Mike Bedard

“It’s Christmas Eve. A time of mystery, expectations, who knows what might happen?” Five minutes into watching The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, you know exactly what will happen. With all the money at Disney’s disposal to create a heartwarming family film for the Christmas season, it’s astounding how little effort went into the story, forcing The Nutcracker to become yet another film that pursues spectacle over story.

Nov 21, 2018
Review: It Follows
Nov 21, 2018
Review: It Follows
Nov 21, 2018

By: Roland Davila

‘It Follows’ is a quintessential example of what dating in the 21st century can and sometimes does feel like. This horror movie takes the concept of sexually transmitted disease and then attaches an evil, slow moving, vengeful entity to it; who’s only goal is to kill you.

Nov 21, 2018
Review: Bohemian Rhapsody
Nov 21, 2018
Review: Bohemian Rhapsody
Nov 21, 2018

By: Pat Coyle-Simmons

To say the hype in regards to the release of Bohemian Rhapsody was high following the debut of it’s teaser trailer would be an understatement. Queen is one of the most popular bands to ever grace the Earth, with their music still being considered by most as timeless. At their peak the band were revolutionary, and at their lowest they were still Queen.

Nov 21, 2018
Review: Outlaw King
Nov 21, 2018
Review: Outlaw King
Nov 21, 2018

By: Evan Todd-McCoy

Director David Mackenzie brings the same dynamic camera work, attention to detail, and muscular approach to character, plot, and theme as in his most recent (but far more intimate) film, Hell or High Water. Being Scottish himself, there's a strong sense his raw love for his homeland in the sweeping shots of the sublime landscapes of Scotland.

Nov 21, 2018
Review: BlacKkKlansman
Nov 21, 2018
Review: BlacKkKlansman
Nov 21, 2018

By: Evan Todd-McCoy

Spike Lee returns with the infamous case of the black Colorado Springs police officer who infiltrated and humiliated the Ku Klux Klan with little more than a telephone and the “right” white man. Lee filters history through his usual blend of style and frank social commentary, allowing the movie to be both comedic and dramatic as the scene requires.

Nov 21, 2018
10 Indie Flicks to Watch For in 2019
Nov 21, 2018
10 Indie Flicks to Watch For in 2019
Nov 21, 2018

By: Claire Williams (@claireducky)

If you’re a fan of independent films, 2019 has a lot in store for you. Independent films are definitely getting more attention and credibility than ever before, especially with the success of studios like A24 with films like Hereditary, The Witch, and Moonlight. Although there are a ton of tantalizing titles in development—like Charlie Kaufman’s adaptation of I’m Thinking of Ending Things for Netflix—we’re just going to focus on movies that are in post-production or have release dates for our round-up of the top indie movies you should see in 2019. True to form, A24 has no less than three films on our must-watch list of 2019 indie flicks, but there are plenty of other worthy features coming out from other studios that you should be watching for, too. Check them all out below!

Nov 21, 2018
Review: Hot Fuzz holds up years after release
Nov 21, 2018
Review: Hot Fuzz holds up years after release
Nov 21, 2018

By: Charlie O'Connor-Clarke

Imagine, for a moment, your favourite action movie. Picture the gunfights, the explosions, the heart palpitations. Then, imagine all that thrust into the reluctant arms of a deadpan British comedy set in the middle of holiday country in Somerset. That’s Hot Fuzz (2004). The second installment of three in Edgar Wright’s Cornetto anthology, Hot Fuzz is the Simon Pegg-Nick Frost duo’s take on the cop thriller genre, and it is a veritable masterpiece at that.

Nov 21, 2018
Why Aquaman is the Fun, Fresh Superhero Film the DCeU Needs Right Now
Nov 21, 2018
Why Aquaman is the Fun, Fresh Superhero Film the DCeU Needs Right Now
Nov 21, 2018

By: Neeraj Chand

For the longest time, Aquaman was the punchline at the end of every superhero joke. While other heroes in the Justice League blasted meteors out of orbit and defeated criminals while running faster than the speed of light, Aquaman hung out underwater talking to fish.

Nov 21, 2018
“Bodied” Review: This Joseph Kahn Directed Battle-Rap Movie is a Great Short Film Stretched into A Full Feature.
Nov 20, 2018
“Bodied” Review: This Joseph Kahn Directed Battle-Rap Movie is a Great Short Film Stretched into A Full Feature.
Nov 20, 2018

By: Sterling Woods

“Lyrical Miracles” are cheap. It seems that in this movie a lot of time was spent writing clever bars, and not enough time was spent writing a clever script. “Bodied” is an interesting, and at times very funny movie, but it has no idea what kind of message it wants to send. It's confusing message about PC culture overshadowed the plot of the film, which could have actually been a story worth telling.

Nov 20, 2018

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