Movie Review: The Rule of Jenny Pen
As you get older, at some point, you’re going to see the inside of a retirement home or a hospice. The pervasive proximity to death …
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Movie Review: Seven Veils
Call it a double comeback! We’ve seen great films from Atom Egoyan and Amanda Seyfried before. But the last decade has been rough going, filled …
Movie Review: Rule Breakers
Movies like Rule Breakers are some of my most frustrating. Rule Breakers is about a group of people we NEVER see on the big screen, …
Movie Review: Mickey 17
I was ready for this one, but not in the way you’d think. I mean, how was Bong Joon Ho going to follow up one …
Movie Review: Last Breath
I have been fortunate to meet and work with some of the people working from Aberdeen in the North Sea. They’re some of the toughest, …
Movie Review: Parthenope
Parthenope is the reason when a director says they’re making an “art film,” you throw up in your mouth a little bit. But, if you’re …
Movie Review: My Dead Friend Zoe
With a title like My Dead Friend Zoe, you know you’re setting the stage for a certain type of bring the tissues film. Suffice to …
Movie Review: Becoming Led Zeppelin
We’re getting to a point where most of the great 1960s and 1970s rock and rollers are done touring and enjoying quiet lives at home. …
Movie Review: The Monkey
I suppose this is a smart pivot after your big breakout. After Osgood Perkins burst onto the directing scene with 2024’s creepy Longlegs, the horror …
Movie Review: Ne Zha 2
I didn’t see the first Ne Zha, but now I want to. Ne Zha 2 uses Chinese mythology to create a jam packed adventure fantasy …