With “Beware Boiúna”, director Mike P. Nelson delivers some of the most pure genre fun I’ve had at a movie theater this year. Together with screenwriter Alen B. McElroy, the duo fashions a wildly entertaining mix of nail-biting survival horror and old-fashioned creature-feature. The film’s unabashed B-movie energy combined with an enthusiastic self-awareness makes “Beware … Continue reading
Two-time Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu teaming up with America’s biggest movie star Tom Cruise is the kind of collaboration that should get everyone excited. But after the trailers dropped for their new $180 million feature, it was pretty clear this movie wasn’t made for the masses. In fact, you can sense it furiously striving … Continue reading
As a sucker for Westerns, I’m pretty easily drawn in whenever modern filmmakers attempt to tap back into that classic genre. It’s especially enticing when they’re remaking an old John Wayne movie. Such is the case with “Angel and the Badman”, a new film from director Julio Quintana that’s based on Wayne’s 1947 Western of … Continue reading
It could be called a comedy, a drama, or a romance. But truth be told, “The Graduate” is a little of all those things. More importantly, it’s a sharply conceived and slickly crafted film that in several ways ushered in a new approach to filmmaking. It’s been touted as a highly influential feature and has … Continue reading
Robert Eggers follows up the critical and commercial success of his 2024 remake of “Nosferatu” with another venture into the world of classic horror. This time he’s moving from vampires to lycans in “Werwulf”, yet another intensely atmospheric period chiller that is right up the filmmaker’s alley. The first full trailer released over the weekend … Continue reading
In “Unabomber”, director Janus Metz takes two different routes in exploring the story of Ted Kaczynski, the mathematics prodigy turned domestic terrorist whose 17-year mail bombing campaign resulted in three deaths and 23 injuries. The efforts to find and apprehend Kaczynski resulted in what was the longest and most expensive investigation in the history of … Continue reading
