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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...

‘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...