Fifty Shades of Strange
I wasn’t that impressed by the first Doctor Strange movie. Forget the whitewashing of the Ancient One, the title character struck me as Tony...
Pompo: Nya Nya Land
If you have an anime fan in your house who’s curious about how movies are made, you should take them to Pompo: The Cinéphile,...
Hatching: The Egg and I
Never seen a Finnish film? Head over to the AMC Grapevine Mills to take in Hatching, a horror film that will crawl around in...
Memory Fades
A contract killer with Alzheimer’s Disease? It sounds like the setup for a really bad Saturday Night Live sketch. In fact, it was the...
Aline: Taking Chances
You remember Walk Hard, don’t you? You remember how John C. Reilly played the main character at age 14 onward, and the filmmakers did...
Massive Talent: Nicked
Nicolas Cage has long had a certain perspective on the kinds of roles he plays and how that affects his public image. I remember...
Northman: Go Vikings
Robert Eggers’ last two movies, The Witch and The Lighthouse, were set in New England. His latest film, The Northman, goes even farther north to...
Fantastic Beasts: Spell It Out
Truly, it would have been better for everyone if David Yates had left J.K. Rowling’s clutches after the last Harry Potter film or maybe even...
Everything Everywhere: Destroyed by a Bagel
After watching Everything Everywhere All at Once, one thing is clear: The Daniels are over multiverses. I refer to the filmmaking team made up...
You Won’t Be Alone: Nightmare of the Wolf
They’re selling You Won’t Be Alone as a horror film. It really isn’t, even though its main character eats animals’ and people’s entrails. (In...
