Gerard Butler’s career as an action hero continues. Since his iconic Spartan role in 300, his filmography has seen the (mild) highs of Olympus Has Fallen and Copshop and the (extreme) lows of Geostorm and Last Seen Alive. However, January 2023 has kicked off with a new action thriller from the Scottish actor: Plane. He teams with director Jean-François Richet in a film that… Read More »
As a whole I can say that Candy Land might well be the most brutal film I’ve ever seen. That’s saying a lot when I’ve entertained such fare as The Exorcist, Saw, the French horrors Inside and Martyrs and Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist and even the notorious Serbian Film. However. I find that Candy Land… Read More »
The essentialness of seeing a movie in a theater is often overblown, as it’s the quality of the art itself that will ultimately resonate. Yet occasionally, there are films that scream out to be watched on the biggest and best screen possible. Avatar: The Way of Water is certainly one of those, as James Cameron’s… Read More »
For the second time this year, the world is watching a story about a wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio tells a tale as old as time. Since Carlo Collodi’s The Adventure of Pinocchio novel came out in 1883, this iconic story has been a staple of many lives, whether through the… Read More »
“Violent Night” was branded as yet another public domain property with an R-rated twist. In that, Wirkola did not disappoint. But for those looking for a film with a more serious tone, the goofiness in Casey and Miller’s script substituting a much needed dose of black humor leaves much to be desired in a film… Read More »
The Midwest is a lovely place and with the trek taken through Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones And All”, the best region of the continental United States can be enjoyed thoroughly in 35mm. As well as the skin pigment anomaly of vitiligo as “Escape Room” actress Taylor Russell can also be ogled all the same as she… Read More »
If 2018’s “Black Panther” was not enough to expose the incompetencies of The Panther Tribe after the death of King T’Chaka in 2016’s “Civil War”, then Coogler’s second offering in the land of Wakanda in 2022 brought a point home that the United Nations would love to deliver : that countries they deem third world… Read More »
Sinphony is a horror anthology film Clubhouse Horror which invited new talent from around the globe to offer up original short films packaged as part of an overarching story line. I had the pleasure of chatting with the many creators involved in this series and it was a delightful experience but now it’s time to… Read More »
The Rock is a wrestling legend who also happens to be a Technician. Tech N9ne, has been known to have a lifetime perk of private screenings at his residential Regal for repping Killa City. So it was only right that for my first viewing of Black Adam, I got the private screening treatment at Citrus… Read More »
Writer and directed by Carlota Pereda, based on her short film of the same name, Piggy is a wonderful horror/thriller. The basic plot of the film revolves around morbidly obese teen Sara, who is routinely bullied by the local mean girls, becoming the obsession of a serial killer who has recently come to her village. … Read More »