Prepare for the End (Credits)
The artistic decline of Nicolas Cage isn't news any more, so how about the artistic decline of Alex Proyas? The Egyptian-born, Australian-raised director was...
Late Night Showing
We’ve had some workplace comedies recently that aren’t about young women trying to break in but rather about older women who’ve reached the top...
Aliens in America
Richard Jenkins is one of those actors you've probably seen several times without his name sticking in your memory.
He's 61, but his film career...
Ballerina: Fire Dancer
For the last two years almost, Netflix has had a Korean action-thriller called Ballerina in its catalogue. It has nothing to do with the...
WWJCD?
Austin native Julie Powell went to New York in her early 20s to pursue an acting career, but in 2002 she found herself at...
Dead Don’t Die: Police vs. Zombies
I suspect that I would find The Dead Don’t Die much cooler if I’d seen it 20 years ago. Alas, this century has spoiled...
American Animals: The Book Thieves
The obvious comparison for American Animals is the current Ocean’s 8, except instead of depicting a heist executed by seasoned professionals, Bart Layton’s film...
Outback Symphony
The earnest and completely uninventive Australian drama Broken Hill is about Tommy McAlpine (Luke Arnold, an Australian TV star who strongly resembles Adrian Grenier),...
This My City
Satire has been an element of Spike Lee’s filmmaking since the beginning. Caricatures, heightened reality, and subversive jokes aimed at all manner of targets...
Wolf: The Howling
I live in a state that tells transgender kids to kill themselves. Think I’m exaggerating? Texas just discontinued its suicide hotline for LGBT teens....
