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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...

‘The Secret Garden’ Review: Missing the Magic

Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden has been adapted to film numerous times since its collection into novel form in 1911. There was a...

‘Out Stealing Horses’ Review: A Summer Tale of Beauty & Tragedy

Written by Samuel Niles There are two moments towards the beginning of Hans Petter Moland's Out Stealing Horses that establish the foundation of both the...

‘She Dies Tomorrow’ Review: The Perfect Pandemic Movie?

Though writer-director Amy Seimetz’s new film, She Dies Tomorrow, was made well before COVID-19 changed everything, it feels uncannily suited to this moment. The...