Writer/director Brittany Show (the Pitch Perfect films, Hairspray) pulls the creative ripcord in Parachute – her feature film debut behind the camera – and sticks the landing. The result is a refreshingly honest, compassionate, and thought-provoking story about addiction and codependency. Parachute is a beautiful achievement from Snow and some excellent indie filmmaking to boot. […]
The Beast might as well be referred to as a slow twisting knife into the side of our existence, sharpened to a point by Bertrand Bonello and wielded with surgical precision so as not to nick any vital organs — we’re alive, but definitely hurting. Indeed, placing itself at a time when humanity is its
In an absurd, mindless and macabre serial killer thriller set in Europe, Samuel L. Jackson leads a respectable cast off a cliff. Damaged stretches credibility from the beginning and then proceeds to drop IQ points with every frame that passes by. The American detective helping Scottish police catch a Satanic murderer plot seems simple but
With Sting, director Kiah Roache-Turner has created something more modest than his previous movies, although no less entertaining. The film combines a creature feature with a family drama to provide an outlet for Wētā Workshop’s practical effects; the gooey kills have some emotional heft behind them. This is more high-concept tinkering from the brains behind
Twenty-nine years ago today, the United States suffered its worst act of domestic terrorism: Gulf War veteran Timothy McVeigh bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. McVeigh and his ilk were motivated by a laundry list of real and imagined grievances they had been nursing for years. The story of the Oklahoma
In 1997, there were no social media platforms. At that time, it had not yet established itself as a permanent fixture that influences us all whenever it feels like it – mostly kids for the worse – though meanness and cruelty have always been around. Set in the late \’90s, Hulu’s Under the Bridge brings
According to Variety, director Rod Blackhurst and co-writer David Ebeltoft’s Blood for Dust is “Breaking Bad meets Fargo,” and they’re not wrong. Lead actor Scoot McNairy (True Detective, The Comey Rule) channels every great gritty neo-noir protagonist as Cliff, an average salesman who bites off more than he can chew while just trying to make
In Unsung Hero, Joel Smallbone plays his own dad as he parents himself. He even wears his father’s real jacket from 30 years ago in the film. So, yeah: In your face, Hollywood multiverses! Smallbone-as-David is a jaw-dropping performance. The rest of the cast is pretty darn good, too. They’re an Australian family; if you
Boy Kills World would beat you up and do it between laughs. This Hyperkinetic action flick takes every theme it can find and runs them into the ground with some clever direction, an A-list cast, and twists that completely warp the story during a balls-to-the-wall climax. Bill Skarsgård is an absolute animal in this one
