It’s no surprise that Exit 8, a film adapting the video game of the same name, is resonating with contemporary audiences. After all, it relies on a framework explicitly centered around the shared experience of our current isolationist age. Despite being more connected than ever through social media and the marvels of modern technology, there’s […]
PROJECT HAIL MARY Is Transcendently Fun Blockbuster Cinema
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s Project Hail Mary has burst onto the big screen, and it serves as a joyous example of what a blockbuster could, and should, feel like. Within any frame of this Greig Fraser-shot spectacle lies so much sci-fi goodness for your eyes to behold. And it’s in Drew Goddard’s screenplay, quite […]
READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME Is Fun Yet Mostly Misses The Mark
For the fans of Radio Silence’s (directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett) Ready or Not, it’s been a long seven years leading up to this sequel. Unfortunately for scream queen and immediately iconic final girl Grace MacCaullay (Samara Weaving), she wasn’t given the same respite audiences had before finding herself once again tossed to the […]
SEND HELP Is Another Bloody Good Time At The Movies From Sam Raimi
Every cinephile should be grateful this January, as it signals the arrival of a Sam Raimi-genre flick to movie theaters. While it’s only been a few years since Raimi’s previous film, Send Help represented something exciting beyond the mere fact of a new entry into his stacked filmography. It signaled the potential return for his […]
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE: A Beautifully Insane Film
Upon witnessing the bonkers finale of Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later, audiences were left gobsmacked at what could possibly be coming next. But there was also a fair amount of trepidation afoot. This was the first film in a supposed trilogy, all penned by Alex Garland, but directing duties on these back-to-back films were split […]
NYFF63 – IS THIS THING ON? Explores The Human Condition Through Stand-Up Comedy
2023’s Maestro is an incredibly well-made film. A grand and often fascinating biopic, it confirmed that Bradley Cooper was as formidable a presence behind the camera as he was in front of it. Yet many villainized Cooper for “wanting an Oscar too badly.” It received seven nominations, going home with none, and thus felt as […]