‘Horizon Chapter 1’ is the product of a singular, confident vision that knows what it wants to be and pursues that end with a devil-may-care attitude.
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Warren Cantrell
[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, June 28 A slow, often tedious film that rewards a viewer’s patience and resolve, Janet Planet will likely pass through the sieve of the masses like so many life-changing moments lost to a pre-teen’s perspective. An emotional two-hander about a daughter and mother navigating a turbulent and […]
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‘Tuesday’ considers what it means to die from every angle, pondering it from the perspective of the patient, the aggrieved, and even Death itself.
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A breathless action-opera coursing with pathos and humanity that always shows and never tells, ‘Furiosa’ is everything ‘Fury Road’ fans could hope for.
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‘The Beach Boys’ unfolds with the ease and faux complexity of an archived episode of VH1’s Behind the Music, with little more depth and even less insight.
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An assembly of moments and ideas in search of a more stable narrative to bring them into focus, ‘Hanky Panky’ is a sketch collection posing as a movie.
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A haunted-house creature feature with creep-tastic bona fides, ‘Sting’ is a masterclass in tight, smart, and efficient filmmaking.
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An ugly, joyless, uninspired, lazy legacy rehash, this new ‘Road House’ is a letdown from the first punch to the last.
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“The ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.” -George C. Scott Lol…two hours: if only. The Academy Awards are Sunday, and this year’s meat parade is an interesting one to say the least. Precursor awards like the Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and SAG Awards have seen little variation […]
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[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, March 1 Kind of like a rock concert that blasts the enamel off your teeth despite an overzealous and extended version of “Moby Dick” halfway through, Dune: Part 2 is the full, blissful, challenging, comprehensive, and exhaustive artistic experience. A mesmerizing visual feast brimming with the absolute […]
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[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Down] In Theaters and on VOD Friday, February 9 A patchy collection of road trip horror stories buttressed by a vaguely coherent emotional thru-line, Willie and Me feels less like a fully realized movie and more like a hazy first draft. Devoid of any humor, character growth, or relatable conflict, the […]
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A competent and technically proficient “who can you trust?” thriller, “I.S.S.” is a conflict movie in search of character.
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‘American Fiction’ is a refutation of any kind of performative art that claims to serve something or someone without listening to them.
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‘Ferrari’ is a mixed bag of uneven performances arranged by a casting department without an atlas and a script without a compass.
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Cooper throws the whole bag of awards season tricks at the wall in ‘Maestro,’ sacrificing visual and thematic cohesion to the artistic shotgun approach.
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