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Shadow
(2018)
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Carolyn Hinds
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The fight choreography in the third act is unique and beautiful.
Posted Jul 30, 2021
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John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
(2019)
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Carolyn Hinds
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These films are an amazing example of how attention to detail that other franchise would overlook creates a more richly realized fictional world.
Posted Jul 30, 2021
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The Art of Self-Defense
(2019)
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Carolyn Hinds
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Using dark comedy to tackle the subject of toxic masculinity and the various brutish, boorish and bullying ways it manifests in men, it takes a good, long look on how it affects those unfortunately subjected to it.
Posted Jul 30, 2021
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2.5/5
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Dolittle
(2020)
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Matt Donato
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Dolittle is tonally at war with itself, chopped to bits by editing, and discombobulated in ways that are reminiscent of but lack the cult appeal of 2019's Cats.
Posted Jan 15, 2020
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4/5
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1917
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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A mesmeric glimpse of history defined more by the quiet isolation of trench warfare than machine-gun projectiles whizzing by every couple of seconds.
Posted Dec 01, 2019
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4/5
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Uncut Gems
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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You will squirm, you will hurt, and you'll respect the hell out of Adam Sandler's ability to bring the worst out of his surrounding actors in the best possible way.
Posted Nov 22, 2019
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3.5/5
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Waves
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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Waves accomplishes sublime narrative fluidity via Trey Edward Shults' ability to keep camera motion, soundtrack beats, and character energies in constant synergy.
Posted Nov 16, 2019
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2.5/5
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Gemini Man
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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Gemini Man is both a futuristic taste of what 120 frames per second can do for action cinema and a confirmation of the format's current limitations.
Posted Oct 10, 2019
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3/5
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The Lighthouse
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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This might sound crass, but there's a true metaphor here: The Lighthouse loves the smell of its own farts (not necessarily a negative, either).
Posted Oct 08, 2019
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4/5
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Knives Out
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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You'll burst out laughing and adore how Johnson's cast plays their cards with confidence, masks their bluffs, and presents a gallery of rogues with enjoyable deceit.
Posted Oct 03, 2019
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3.5/5
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Sea Fever
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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Hardiman's tension within confined seafaring quarters works to pressurize and constrict this "Cabin Fever meets The Thing aboard a trawling vessel."
Posted Oct 03, 2019
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3.5/5
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Guns Akimbo
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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It's like a Saturday morning cartoon for the criminally insane, and I mean that with love.
Posted Sep 29, 2019
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3/5
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Kingdom
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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Expect battlefield elegance and theatrical attack modes...an augmented history lesson that's hip and gets away with it.
Posted Aug 02, 2019
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3.5/5
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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Hobbs & Shaw is the summer's most bromanic comedy to be covered with lumps, bruises, and pound-for-pound brawn.
Posted Jul 31, 2019
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3.5
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Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary (Exterminadores do Além Contra a Loira do Banheiro)
(2018)
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Matt Donato
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Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary in a nutshell: vanilla-as-sin title, unexpectedly batsh*t paranormal warfare.
Posted Jul 22, 2019
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3/5
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Deadcon
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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A possession story made scarier by shades of Paranormal Activity, YouTube celebrities, and - *gasp* - internet modem dial tones.
Posted Jul 22, 2019
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3.5/5
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Belzebuth
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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Emilio Portes hath wrought Satan's wrath into an exorcism tale that lunges for your throat; a total kill-shot film that wastes no opportunity to test viewers.
Posted Jun 25, 2019
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4/5
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Midsommar
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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Midsommar is a warm invitation into subtle ritualistic madness decked out in the reassurance of pastel colors. Striking, unsettling, and surprisingly humorous.
Posted Jun 19, 2019
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3.5/5
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Porno
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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Porno knows how to make horror fans scream. Interpret that sentence how you will.
Posted Jun 06, 2019
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4/5
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In Fabric
(2018)
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Matt Donato
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In the pantheon of deadly inanimate object cinema, Peter Strickland's In Fabric is a sensually riveting standout. Say yes to this killer dress!
Posted Jun 06, 2019
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4/5
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The Lodge
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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The Lodge is a methodically insidious and outstandingly tense entry into the "Christmas Horror" canon. Oh holy fright, these scares are brutally sinful...
Posted Jun 04, 2019
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4/5
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Rocketman
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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Rocketman is flamboyant and rambunctious and everything Elton would be proud of. It's the musical biopic Bohemian Rhapsody wants to be when it grows up.
Posted Jun 03, 2019
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2.5/5
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Little
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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Marsai Martin and Issa Rae share a few genuinely funny moments of body-swap comedy chemistry, but not enough to distract from Little's formulaic generics.
Posted May 24, 2019
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4.5/5
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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
(2018)
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Matt Donato
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An exquisitely bonkers fantasy adventure structured around hilarious satire and blind ambition that's served so well by Gilliam's release of decades-long frustrations.
Posted May 24, 2019
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4/5
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Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse
(2017)
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Matt Donato
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Cinematography is so "folktale gorgeous," fully realizing the maddening effects of isolation (much like THE WIND/THE WITCH). A deeply, destructively disturbing taste of pagan witchcraft horrors.
Posted May 24, 2019
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3.5/5
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I Trapped the Devil
(2019)
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Matt Donato
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A paranoid "Christmas Horror" chestnut roaster about family dysfunction, powered by Scott Poythress' disturbed but in-control performance, that *loves* playing by its own rules.
Posted May 23, 2019
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