The first teaser trailer for Netflix’s upcoming feature “The Mosquito Bowl” has dropped and it leaves a pretty strong impression. Part sports drama, part war movie, the film is an adaptation of author Buzz Bissinger’s 2022 novel “The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II”. It’s directed by Peter Berg … Continue reading
What do you get when you combine a group of flighty friends, a masked ax-wielding psychopath, a backwoods cult, and man-eating alligators? You get a trope-filled horror concoction that stays true to what it wants to be no matter how predictable or preposterous things get. That describes “Gator Face” to a tee. Writer-director Padraig Reynolds … Continue reading
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment is bringing Part 1 of the “Batman: Knightfall” trilogy to home video. Director Jeff Wamester and screenwriter Jeremy Adams team with the wizards at Warner Bros. Animation to adapt the well-known DC Comics arc that ran from 1993 to 1994. The first installment offers a dark and gritty introduction, with … Continue reading
In the period crime thriller “By Any Means”, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II emotionally grounds a powerful civil rights era story while Mark Wahlberg injects it with muscle and ruthless aggression. Together the duo drives what is a historically compelling and thematically potent feature that also comes packed with certain genre mechanics which opens the door for … Continue reading
There’s a cool current trend within indie cinema that has seen a number of filmmakers seeking to recapture the throwback B-movie schlock that once frequented the screens of grindhouse theaters and the shelves of VHS rental stores. For those who may take that as an insult, it’s actually quite the compliment. I still love so … Continue reading
The 2022 survival thriller “Fall” is a movie that often impressed with its technical prowess only to frustrate with its ridiculous premise and hokey Hallmark-esque twists. On one hand, director Scott Mann created a palpable sense of height-induced dread and you didn’t have to suffer from acrophobia to feel the effects. At the same time, … Continue reading
Keith & the Movies 