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‘Tesla’ Review: A Creative Take on Historical Biopics that Doesn’t Justify its Imagination

Taking on one of the greatest, most influential, and important inventors in human history, the newest film from IFC Films and writer-director Michael Almereyda,...

Fantasia Fest 2020 Review: Class Action Park

Ask anyone and they’ll tell you: New Jersey has an attitude. Both halves (yes, I said halves, sorry to the non-existent “central jersey”) live...

‘The Prey’ Review: Missing the Fun

There have been a lot of adaptations of Richard Connell’s short story, “The Most Dangerous Game.” Just this year, Quibi released a serialized version...

Fantasia Fest 2020 Review: Special Actors

When writer-director Shin'ichirô Ueda’s debut feature, One Cut of the Dead came out last year, it quickly became the name on everyone’s lips. Combining...

‘Sputnik’ Review: More than an ‘Alien’ Knock Off

Back when Alien 3 was going through development hell, there were tons of different ideas of what it would be. Vincent Ward, the first...

Fantasia Fest 2020 Review: Survival Skills

With the advent of streaming, physical media dropped off significantly. You of course still have collectors, but by and large, the ease of access...

Fantasia Fest 2020 Review: Fried Barry

This is a weird one, so strap in. Fried Barry is the feature debut of writer-director Ryan Krueger and follows the story of Barry (Gary...

‘Made in Italy’ Review: The Father/Son Drama Gets in its Own Way

Made in Italy is filled with plenty of star power—both onscreen and behind the camera. It's about a father and son rebuilding their relationship as...

‘Project Power’ Review: Superhero Action Made for TV

  Looking at the cast list for Netflix’s Project Power, it’s hard not to wonder if it might have gotten a theater release in a...

‘An American Pickle’ – A Half-Sour Attempt to Mix Fish-Out-of-Water Comedy with Family Guilt

The first original film for HBO Max and the feature directorial debut for cinematographer Brandon Troust, An American Pickle, sees Seth Rogen (​This Is...

‘River City Drumbeat’ Review: A Textured, Quietly Powerful Documentary

Early in River City Drumbeat, a new documentary about the River City Drum Corps of Louisville, Kentucky, one of the film’s subjects tells a...

‘The Rental’ Review: Dave Franco’s Directorial Debut is Tense as Hell

Dave Franco's directorial debut, The Rental (co-written by Franco and Joe Swanberg, with Mike Demski rounding out the trio for the story credit) is...