The Little Things treads familiar psychological thriller territory, but its strong cast that includes Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, and Jared Leto keeps it intriguing.
Read MoreThe Queen of Black Magic - Gruesome, but Ultimately Shallow Horror→
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Shudder’s latest horror, ‘The Queen of Black Magic’ lacks a layered script underneath all the extreme gore and violence.
Read MoreSkyfire Has Big Stunts and Effects but Little Character→
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The potential for the film to be even just a bit more interesting is lost to the wayside among the fire and destruction, and any chance for it to be particularly memorable gets snuffed out.
Read MoreHunted - A Ferocious Cat & Mouse Chase→
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Hunted may just be the first great horror film of the year.
Read MoreOutside the Wire - Lackluster Action and a Generic Story→
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Interesting ideas that never play out in an interesting way and dull as dull can be action. Anthony Mackie is cool though.
Read MoreWe Can Be Heroes - Kitschy, Colorful, and Surprisingly Engaging Fun→
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In my first piece for Geeks of Color, I talked about Robert Rodriguez’s latest film and its family friendly approach to the superhero genre.
Read MoreWhite Lie - A Tense Array of Bad Decisions→
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White Lie is a tense story with strong performances about a girl faking a cancer diagnosis.
Read MoreSongbird - A Tasteless Attempt to Use COVID-19 as Entertainment→
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It was inevitable that Hollywood would try to cash in on the COVID pandemic, but ‘Songbird’ is even lower than you expected.
Read MoreTimecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove - A Fun Premise for Kids that Overworks Itself
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Timecrafters offers up a fun time for children but its bloated narrative and overcrowded cast weighs the whole thing down.
Read MoreFarewell Amor - An Intimate Approach to Immigrant Drama→
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Farewell Amor is a quiet and personal story of an immigrant family attempting to rebuild what they lost.
Read MoreAnything for Jackson - Bereaved Satanists Keep Things Unpredictable in this Horror Gem→
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Shudder’s latest exclusive, ‘Anything for Jackson’ is a shocking surprise that comes right in time for starving horror fans.
Read MoreStand! is an Ambitious and Urgently Relevant Musical
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Stand! has all the potential to be topical and grand musical drama, but the constraints put on its production stand in its way.
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The Test & The Art of Thinking - The Unecessary Struggle to Ace an Unecessary Test
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The Test & The Art of Thinking reveals the harsh pressure and inadequacies of standardized testing, but solutions don’t come easy.
Read MoreHis House - A Timely and Haunting Refugee Tale→
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‘His House’ is one of the strongest horror films to ever come from Netflix. Superb and pretty damn scary in almost every way.
Read MoreOver the Moon - A Visually Stunning but Uneven Fairy Tale→
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Borrows plenty of storytelling techniques from the tried and true Disney formula.
Read MoreBorat Subsequent Moviefilm - Sacha Baron Cohen Remains Just as Outrageously Provocative as Ever→
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Borat 2 is consistently hilarious and still manages to provide one or two legitimately jaw-dropping moments. Thumbs up approval from me and mah wife.
Read MoreLove and Monsters - A Fun, Post-Apocalyptic Quest for Romance→
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“Love and Monsters’ blends romance and sci-fi far better than anyone would have expected. A new hit for Dylan O’Brien.
Read MoreThe Mortuary Collection - A Ghoulishly Fun Horror Anthology→
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Lead by Clancy Brown, Shudder’s ‘The Mortuary Collection’ is an impressive, finely tuned anthology not often seen in today’s horror scene.
Read MoreYellow Rose - A Search for Identity & Purpose→
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What is the American dream for an undocumented immigrant?
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