Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened is an anatomy of a failed event that doubles as a scathing cultural critique.
2019 in Film
DOCTOR SLEEP is a more-than worthy follow-up to THE SHINING
Commentary, Film and TelevisionMike Flanagan’s sequel to The Shining doesn’t just do justice to its predecessor – it’s one of the best Stephen King adaptations of recent years, a genuine horror epic sure to cement its director’s reputation as a horror auteur.
CHILD’S PLAY remake isn’t really a Chucky movie
Commentary, Film and TelevisionThis year’s Child’s Play remake should not be a Chucky movie, and it knows it.
ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE is a sweet rom-com about old friends and new beginnings [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionAlways Be My Maybe is a rom-com whether a “meant to be” relationship can actually work in practice.
JOKER is the anti-superhero movie we’ve been waiting for
Commentary, Film and TelevisionLet’s get one thing straight – Joker is not a superhero movie.
HOLLYWOOD fights back in Tarantino’s latest fairy tale [review]
Commentary, Film and Television, UncategorizedQuentin Tarantino’s latest is a dark fairy tale about a town that produces fictional happy endings by the hundreds while providing too few real ones.
All Gator, No Filler [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionSam Raimi-produced Crawl is the alligator home invasion movie you didn’t know you needed.
THE DEAD DON’T DIE is a surreal, star-studded zombie comedy [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionThe Dead Don”t Die feels like if Grant Wood had painted one of those pictures where iconic celebrities are inexplicably gathered in the same small-town diner.
MIDSOMMAR is a folk horror fever dream [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionAri Aster’s hotly-anticipated follow-up to Hereditary is a hallucinatory fever dream that fuses coming-of-age drama with vintage occult horror.
NIGHTMARE CINEMA worth price of admission [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionNightmare Cinema is a love letter to horror movies that may make you never want to set foot in a theatre again.
John Wick’s Excellent Adventure – PARABELLUM [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionThere’s a slightly surreal vibe to John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.
HIGH LIFE is an enigmatic new space odyssey [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionClaire Denis’s High Life is a confounding sci-fi psychodrama starring Robert Pattinson as the last surviving inmate of an outer space prison.
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