★★★★★ 4.5 / 5 Stars Na Hong-jin’s new South Korean monster movie feels like someone took Mad Max, Red Dawn, The Incredible Hulk, Heat, Aliens, Jaws, and a Michael Bay Transformers movie, threw them all into a blender, and somehow made a smoothie out of it. I have absolutely no idea how you describe … [Read more…]
★★★☆☆ 3.0 / 5 Stars I honestly can’t believe Warner Bros. almost didn’t release this movie. Wile E. Coyote vs. Acme had such a tortured history. The movie was shelved, people were understandably pissed, there was a huge uproar, and thankfully, they eventually listened and put it out. And thank God they did, because … [Read more…]
If Red Rising was the book that introduced me to this universe, Golden Son was the book that completely hooked me. I enjoyed the first book and thought it had an incredible foundation, but there was something about starting Golden Son that felt different. It jumps ahead two years, Darrow is no longer the kid … [Read more…]
★★☆☆☆ 2.0 / 5 Stars So, I just got out of Buddy, the new horror-comedy from Casper Kelly, and… this movie is fucking weird. And I mean that in the best way possible. The movie stars Cristin Milioti, Topher Grace, Keegan-Michael Key, and a group of fantastic young actors, including Delaney Quinn, Caleb Williams, … [Read more…]
★★☆☆☆ 2.0 / 5 Stars Ridley Scott is 88 years old and somehow continues to work at a ridiculous pace. If I’m remembering correctly, The Dog Stars marks his fifth movie in five years, which is pretty incredible. And while I wouldn’t say Ridley Scott is on cruise control here—because there are still plenty … [Read more…]
I finished the original Red Rising trilogy this weekend, and I’ve already decided I want to write about each book individually. There is just too much to say about all three at once. But before I get into Golden Son and Morning Star, I want to go back to where it all started: Red Rising. … [Read more…]
★★★★☆ 4.0 / 5 Stars Jane Schoenbrun has once again made a movie that feels deeply personal, completely singular, and unmistakably their own. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a wildly meta horror-comedy that uses the conventions of the slasher movie to explore sexual awakening, queerness, self-discovery, and the complicated relationship we … [Read more…]
★★☆☆☆ 1.5 / 5 Stars There’s something perfect about a one-word Jason Statham movie title. Mutiny. Beekeeper. Shelter. You already know what you’re getting. And honestly? I’m completely okay with that. Mutiny, directed by Jean-François Richet, is essentially another installment of the Jason Statham formula. This time, Statham plays Cole Reed, the former badass-turned-head-of-security … [Read more…]
Brian Duffield’s Whalefall was already one of my most anticipated movies of the year, and after this new trailer? Yeah, I’m completely locked in. The film stars Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin, with Abrams playing Jay Gardiner, a young man who heads into the ocean searching for his late father’s remains. Things obviously go very, … [Read more…]
★★★★★ 4.5 / 5 Stars Matt Johnson is having quite the year. Coming off Nirvanna the Band the Show, which is probably the funniest movie I’ve seen all year, Johnson now takes a hard left turn with Tony, a much more complex and dramatic story about one of the most universally beloved figures of … [Read more…]