Finestkind This film is like its main characters. They are best on the sea. The writer/director grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts where the film is set and worked on a boat that gathered deep sea scallops over 100 miles offshore for two weeks at a time like his subjects. We hear the sounds of […]
Evil Dead Rise As far as horror franchises go, “Evil Dead” is something of a miracle. There has yet to be a bad movie with its name on it. A great deal of that credit goes to series creator Sam Raimi, who’s so picky about who he lets play with his groovy blood soaked baby
Infinity Pool It’s a ticket buyer’s duty to see Brandon Cronenberg’s “Possessor” before any of his other films, if you ask me. It puts things in context. Once again the younger Cronenberg has made an extremely surreal and unapologetically violent and pornographic movie about privilege and morality and I don’t even know where to begin
Sound of Freedom The movie “Sound of Freedom” has a message that is first and foremost, and a story that comes second. Its message is to get us to care more about child sex trafficking it shows queasy sequences of kids in danger, being carted around by slimy adults, it makes us remember everyone’s faces.
Ricky Stanicky Before permanently adolescent men movies about comedy were taken over by Judd Apatow, Peter Farrelly was there. With his brother Bobby, his movies could be sweetly funny like “Dumb and Dumber” or “There’s Something About Mary” (or in the case of his solo outing in “Movie 43,” a notorious trainwreck). Since then he’s
Lee Elizabeth “Lee” Miller (Kate Winslet), a former American model who became a photographer meets her future husband Roland Penrose (Alexander Skarsgård) through her intellectual friends. She grew argumentative right from the start. In just a few sentences, Lee breaks down his attempts at appearing less bourgeoise than he is. Roland responds with an equal
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is never boring but also never really fun. It’s modestly interesting about what happens next, with a mix of imaginative story beats and the nostalgic foundation everyone brings to the theater. It’s maddening choices, promising beats and good vibes for a
Upgraded When I first saw Upgraded on Amazon Prime, my initial reaction was excitement Camila Mendes in a leading role that’s not high school themed! The 29 year old Riverdale alum (who’s so game for whatever batshit curveball that show throws her) and Netflix romp Do Revenge standout is a veteran at commanding the screen
Presence Perhaps it has to do with my own particular schedule, but this year’s Sundance feels like it has more high-concept big swings than ever. I’m seeing far fewer of what one might traditionally call “Sundance movies” those dramedies about families who learn something about each other, usually on a road trip. There is nothing
Anora Sean Baker’s films like “The Florida Project” and “Red Rocket,” always center on people from the fringes. With “Anora,” his latest feature, he does something different: The main character is put on a fast track to extreme wealth almost immediately. The movie stars Mikey Madison (“Better Things”) in what should be a star making
