‘The Love Hypothesis’ Is a Sweet Experiment
Movie genres are sort of like science experiments. Each one has its own tried-and-true formula that, with the right variables, should yield the right...
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‘Best of the Best’ Is Worth Every Eight Count
I got a fever, and the only prescription isn’t more cowbell. It’s more dance movies. Fifteen years ago, dance films had a moment, and the genre is...
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‘Carolina Caroline’: Hits And Misses Are The Defining Quality
Executive producers Adam Carter Rehmeier and Tom Dean’s Carolina Caroline opens in theaters this June. However, the romantic crime thriller is not...
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‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Nests Vulnerability Inside Carnage
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, as the title suggests, is a delectable slasher comedy dripping with sexual awakenings and rediscovery. If an...
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Has Some Heart But Gets Caught in the MCU Web
This is going to be a major year for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After the announcement of Avengers: Doomsday, fans have been salivating for any...
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‘Toy Story 5’ and the Gentle Warning About Tech
Woody and the gang round up once again for another adventure with Toy Story 5, directed by Pixar vet Andrew Stanton. It’s a win for me because the...
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‘Chum’ Uses The Stunning Alice Eve As Bait
There’s a reason why I do not dive into (pun partially intended) many sea-survival thriller movies, whether the animal antagonist is a shark,...
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‘Backrooms’ Finds Familiar Ideas Of Change
May and June have proven that summertime cinema is back on the board. Films such as Curry Barker’s Obsession and Boots Riley’s I Love...
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‘I Love Boosters’ Is a Flavor Rush Satire
People pile into Oakland’s historic Grand Lake Theatre, with not a seat left empty, for Boots Riley’s latest film, I Love Boosters. It’s the...
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‘Is God Is’ Burns With Righteous Rage and Unexpected Levity
Not many people can write an award-winning stage play, adapt it into a screenplay, and then direct that adaptation. Now, add the burden of this being...
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