Authors: Patrick Gibbs
Film Review: Predator: Badlands
While Predator: Badlands is packed with non-stop action and bloody fights, it also challenges the notion of what true strength and weakness really are. … read more
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Film Review: Christy
Christy is a disturbing and powerful story full of dramatic turns and literal life or death situations, so why is it such a slog to get through most of the way? … read more
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James Badge Dale Is An Actor with Something To Say
Even if you don’t know the name James Badge Dale, you’ve loved him in something. He’s one of those actors who can disappear into a role. … read more
Film Review: Nuremberg
Whether or not Nuremberg is truly one of the year’s best films, it’s a good one, and the importance of its message at this point in time cannot be overstated. … read more
Film Review: Bugonia
With Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos once again asserts his singular blend of absurdity, melancholy and moral inquiry, crafting a world where human behavior feels alien. … read more
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Film Review: Ballad of a Small Player
Berger’s Ballad of a Small Player doesn’t demand your attention like Conclave did, but there’s a big difference between not quite great and not good at all. … read more
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Film Review: Stitch Head
I don’t want to oversell this one and make anyone rush out expecting a “Pixar in its prime” level masterpiece by any means, because Stitch Head certainly isn’t on that level — but does it really have to be? Check your snobbery at the door and enjoy this utterly joyful little monster piece. … read more
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Film Review: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
The boldest choice that sets the film apart from so many others in the genre is that it puts more time into the quiet, thoughtful moments of artistic creation than on fitting in as many can’t-miss sequences that showcase energetic performances of classic songs. … read more
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Brandon Routh: From Comic Hero to Comic Lead
If the Man of Steel himself can be rebooted, so can Brandon Routh, and while headlining two new films this year, his priority has been to make you laugh. … read more
Film Review: Blue Moon
Blue Moon is a film for people who love words and the way they roll off the tongue to form a music of their own. … read more
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Film Review: Frankenstein
Del Toro’s Frankenstein draws inspiration from Mary Shelley’s novel but confidently deviates from it in major ways. … read more
Film Review: It Was Just An Accident
It Was Just An Accident is a riveting film — a taut and suspenseful piece of neo realist storytelling rooted in complex questions. … read more
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