Director Issa Lopez’s dark fairy tale takes a look at the life of a group of young children trying to survive in Mexico city run by the cartel. Part fantasy, part drama, part realism, ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ is a viewing experience that will stick with audiences long after the ending credits roll.
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Jennifer Kent successfully follows up ‘The Babadook’ with a historical revenge story. The mature subject of the film matter make the viewing not suitable for everyone. The performances however are the best of the summer and should be seen by anyone who isn’t shy to violence on film.
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‘Ready or Not’ takes you favorite childhood game and turns it into a nightmare. Samara Weaving excels at playing an unlucky bride who tries to survive her wedding night gone to hell. The film is silly yet scary enough to impress both comedy and horror fans alike.
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[Rating: Swiss Fist] A good-natured attempt to humanize a very real monstrosity running rampant through the current hell-scape that is this cursed year of 2019, Hot Air doesn’t stumble so much as it breaks both legs and suffers a heart attack right out of the starting gate. Positioned as a biting satire of conservative opinion-making, […]
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[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In this day and age of modern television media, there’s a fine balance between fact and “fake news” journalist and opinionator. This is no longer the days when the hard questions were asked and the interviewee had a moment to sit and think about it all. Today, we live in such a cutthroat world […]
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There’s a great need for the occasional bright-eyed, positive-message bit of trash cinema that is ‘The VelociPastor.’
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‘The VelociPastor’ is all cheap thrills without the fun: proof that life doesn’t always “find a way.”
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Three fine actresses are not enough to rule this mediocre drama.
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A man discovers he’s part of a secret sect of magical beings who demons has to save the world.
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All told, Ode to Joy is a darn good time, making the most out of a wild premise without ever veering too far off into mockery or slapstick.
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Tilman Singer’s ‘Luz’ is a brilliant debut. It manages to be two things simultaneously. It’s most prominently the sort of film which makes you excited for the future with what it does on such a small budget and scale.
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‘Sword of Trust’ is a fun, funny, and touching trifle with well-painted characters and a surprising amount of insight into modern myth-making
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[Rating: Rock Fist Way Up] I’ll get straight to the point, I loved The Farewell. It’s about once a year a film comes along and makes me audibly cry in theaters, impacting me somehow in a personal nature, and this seems to be this year’s winner. Directed by Lulu Wang, the story is inspired by “a true lie” (signaled […]
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Nicolas Cage stars as an ex-mob enforcer recently released from prison, out for revenge on his former boss. But does he give that classic Nic Cage performance?
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A slow-burn postmodern western-noir thriller with just a tad more style than substance, Into the Ashes delivers when it needs to.
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