An intense post-apocalyptic survival thriller with a strong sense of identity and purpose, R.T. Thorne’s first feature 40 Acres is a genre movie revelation. It’s an intense and bleak film …
Men of War is the overlooked Dolph Lundgren and John Sayles collaboration you never knew you needed or wanted. Initially marketed as just another dumb. macho action flick and dumped …
The 1923 silent drama A Woman of Paris is one of filmmaker and screen icon Charlie Chaplin’s most fascinating efforts. More of a critical success than a commercial smash at …
Instead of amplifying everything that made its first instalment a fun, campy surprise, M3gan 2.0 plods along, trying to do something new and risking audience alienation at every turn. Less …
The F in F1 The Movie stands for formula, and this latest effort from visually dynamic filmmaker Joseph Kosinski adheres to the basics at every turn from a storytelling standpoint. …
Cult writer-director Jeff Lieberman’s 1977 thriller Blue Sunshine captures a specific moment in cultural history that – like many great movies – has found a renewed bit of relevancy. A …
Would I ever recommend a film that I don’t particularly like or enjoy? Strangely enough, that answer is yes more often than one would think. Even in films that miss …
Director Anthony Mann’s 1949 thriller Side Street is an all time film noir classic, a sterling example of the genre that dominated cinemas around the midpoint of the twentieth century. …
Writer-director Meelad Moaphi’s first feature His Father’s Son is a restrained, but powerful look at familial secrets. Based around a plot and grand reveal that lesser filmmakers would play for …
Heartwarming and packed to bursting with visual ingenuity, tearjerking moments, and sharp humour, Elio is one of Pixar’s absolute best. While indebted to the kinds of sci-fi comedy templates and …