If writer-director Ishana Night Shyamalan’s feature debut “The Watchers” had been a zippy rom-com or a breezy musical or a fast-paced action movie, we might not have felt it necessary to note from the start that Ishana is indeed the…
‘Sharp fanged blood-sucking death dives from midnight skies!’ The Devil Bat is a 1940 sci-fi horror film about a mad scientist who develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bat …
Hit Man, the twenty-third feature film from Lone Star State cinematic maverick Richard Linklater, is the second to be based on reporting that originally appeared in Texas Monthly. The first, Bernie mined from a 1998 article by journalist…
To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Lionsgate is eager to stay in the Hunger Games business. Last year’s prequel The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, defied middling reviews to earn $337M worldwide, showing the franchise still has more than…
Ishana Night Shyamalan’s direction is mostly fine. Her screenplay is mostly a series of gambits piled on top of one another, adding up to a horror-movie crockpot, one that grows systematically less creepy and effective as it goes along.
Starve Acre is a 2023 British horror film – a couple’s idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting strangely. The movie is written and directed …
Diane von Furstenberg, a name synonymous with elegance, reinvention, and resilience, finds herself once again in the spotlight with the Tribeca Festival premiering the documentary Diane von Furstenberg: Woman In Charge. Directed with a…
Takashi Miike’s operatically over-the-top new film concerns a serial killer but who needs a plot with all this trademark violence, alienation and nihilism?
The X-T50 is Fujifilm’s latest offering and it improves on its predecessor’s flaws, boasting incredible AF performance, image quality, and a new top-notch film simulation dial.
Set off by some of the richest imagery the studio's animators have produced, and held together by a timeless coming-of-age tale, "The Lion King" marks a dazzling -- and unexpectedly daring -- addition to the Disney canon.
Argylle, a spy film directed by Matthew Vaughn, was met with mixed reviews at the start of 2024. The film starring Henry Cavill and Bryce Dallas Howard was not well-received by film critics and the box office, and the director is weighing…
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) Film Review, a movie directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, written by Chris Bremner, Will Beall and George Gallo and starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Nuñez,…
During the early ’90s when the VHS era was going strong, I’d often find myself poking through the “Foreign Film” section at The Video Bar looking for movies that wouldn’t be taught in my international cinema class. I was eager to see the…
Baghead (2023) Film Review, a movie directed by Alberto Corredor, written by Christina Pamies, Bryce McGuire, and Lorcan Reilly stars Freya Allan, Jeremy Irvine, Ruby Barker, Peter Mullan, Anne Müller, Svenja Jung, Ned Dennehy, Julika…
I finally had the opportunity to go out and watch Disney’s latest film Young Woman and the Sea, and it is a wonderful movie that tells an incredible and inspiring true story. I absolutely loved this movie and it’s easily one of the best…