“Are you lost?,” an old lady at the mall asks sad-sack Renn Wheeland (Nick Jonas) during one of his omnipresent bouts of millennial ennui. It’s the kind of innocuous statement that, when revealed in stark close-up, is meant to convey a broader thematic underpinning in Robert Schwartzman’s weepy indie dramedy “The Good Half.” You see, […]
Orion and the Dark is a Netflix series in collaboration with DreamWorks and it very possibly has done the Pixar Thing better than the recent entrants of the animation studio. The film makes a effortless to make use of the Prime Pixar’s graphics font that was presented in Inside Out and (Toy Story) for any
It is almost poetic that Steven Van Zandt, aka Little Steven or Miami Steve, was able to work with two rather iconic figures within pop culture, that is Bruce Springsteen and Tony Soprano. They were great men, exceptional cavalcade figures who couldn’t go unheeded in the sphere of pop culture. All of this is integrated
The notion that movies are devoid of emotions can be discarded starting today because sex in movies is back and in a big way! There’s always a better way to advertise sex in movies, and in this context, a bang like in the movies will fit perfectly! For a wide range of love films in
“Jackpot!” is a trashy and repetitive action comedy about greed and bloodlust set in a world full of people who are proud to be awful. Directed by Paul Feig (“Spy”), it’s set in near-future Los Angeles, which begins to seem like a statement in itself as the movie goes along. There’s a statewide lottery. For
I would like to think that being the descendant of a witch hunter is one of the most terrifying things I can think of. The descendants of witch hunters like you did back in 1622 seem to be in even worse trouble. Based on all the fictional accounts that I have encountered, it would seem
Tooth Fairy, the horror film released in 2019, also known as Toof, was so brutal that I did not expect to write a review for the fifth installment of this franchise. How did we get five films in four years? There is an added layer of mystery when I mention that, partly out of a
On the topic of patriotism, Love, Courage and the Battle of Bushy Run by Dave Alan Johnson and Larry A could also be seen as a tribute to the skilled soldiers of America as it greatly elaborates upon the ongoing war during that period. In 1763 the history of western Pennsylvania met with one of
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“Good Bad Things” is an intimate, small story about the gigantic issue that challenges and terrifies us all: the collision between the desperate need to be seen and loved and the fear that what people might see will repel rather than attract them. Written by lifelong friends Shane D. Stanger (who also directed) and Danny
Blood Theatre, released in 1984, has the most bizarre opening. The movie begins with a scene where a theater owner stumbles upon his girlfriend committing infidelity with another male, leading him to set the theater on fire. The theater wholeheartedly pays the price as he escapes. The aftermath of this scene serves as a tribute
