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Star Wars has returned to the big screen after seven years. With the release of the controversial The Rise of Skywalker in 2019, which finished the then Skywalker Saga, Lucasfilm took a back seat on the movies as they focused on the then new Disney+. By far its biggest success was The Mandalorian series, which spanned three seasons and some spin-offs,
Read MoreIt would be futile for me to give you a succinct plot summary of Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters. The movie is the rapper-turned-filmmaker’s sophomore effort in the world of cinema following Sorry to Bother You and, most recently, a digression inside the world of television with the limited series I’m a Virgo. It would also be futile for me to
Read MoreFollowing her filmmaking on Paramount Pictures’ Rosemary’s Baby prequel, Apartment 7A, with Christian White and Skylar James, writer-director Natalie Erika James returns with a new horror project. Independent Film Company and Shudder’s science fiction supernatural horror drama film, Saccharine, follows a young woman in medical school. She becomes terrorized by an apparition after experimenting with an unapproved weight-loss procedure—pill supplements apparently
Read MoreIn a key scene from The Devil Wears Prada 2, Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly gently asks Stanley Tucci’s Nigel if she’s been taking advantage of him for the past 20 years. The scene is played as if it comes from a genuine place, seemingly intended to make viewers say “aww” as Miranda finally recognizes her second-in-command’s skill and dedication to the
Read MoreMortal Kombat II has everything a movie based on the video game should have. There are extended fight scenes with excessive gore, faithful character portrayals, and visual recreations of various game levels. Yet, for a movie that hasn’t even been released in theaters, it feels as dated as a Sega Genesis console. The sequel introduces new ideas. One of them is bringing
Read MoreEvery now and again, there comes a film that might not break any barriers but surprises you with how much more it has to offer. The Sheep Detectives is the definition of a film that, at first glance many will dismiss as generic kiddie fare with an absurd premise, but The Sheep Detectives provides the heart and clever wit that more
Read MoreHokum sees filmmaker Damian McCarthy return with another horror film that balances a mystery with supernatural creepiness. His previous effort, Oddity, made great use of the terror of inanimate objects moving. For almost 100 minutes, viewers would scan the background as characters talk in the foreground. And the same question would always arise: Did that giant mannequin-sized doll move? Hokum does not linger on the fear of sentient
Read MoreWe continue our coverage of the Dallas International Film Festival with The Furious. As a film, The Furious promises exactly what its title advertises: many angry characters. And when the film begins, the emotions are immediately justified as a kid takes an arrow to the face. Akin to John Wick, the film has a clear antagonist. For the John Wick franchise, it was a villain
Read MoreObsession accomplishes the impossible. It takes one of the most beautiful human experiences and makes it crawl under your skin. It’s natural to crave human connection or the innate feeling of being wanted. No one ever considers the most extreme version of this scenario. What if someone needed you like a heroin craving? Filmmaker Curry Barker apparently has thought about this extensively. There
Read MoreFour years after the release of Beast, it might be logical for Icelandic genre filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur to eventually direct a film with the title Apex in it. That said, no apex predators are found in this two-hander survival thriller between a hunter and the hunted. Such a simple premise as the one found in Kormákur’s latest should exalt tangible thrills,
Read MoreMother Mary is the latest of director David Lowery’s line of metaphorical surrealist experimentation within his filmography. Lowery’s previous films, such as The Green Knight and A Ghost Story, tapped into a far more fantasy-oriented surrealism than what’s explored within Mother Mary, but it makes for his most fascinating delve into this euphoric filmmaking style yet. Mother Mary plays with the
Read MoreLee Cronin’s The Mummy sees the Evil Dead Rise director take on a classic movie monster for Blumhouse, following the efforts of properties like The Invisible Man and Wolf Man. For the most part, the latest attempt is successful, especially after the mixed results of Wolf Man. However, the win comes with a few reservations. The movie delivers exactly as advertised.
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