“Josephine” is the harrowing second feature from writer-director Beth de Araújo that deserves every bit of the buzz it has generated at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. “Josephine” features superb performances from Gemma Chan and Channing Tanning along with a remarkable debut from young Mason Reeves. But the film’s profound emotional resonance is established most … Continue reading
20th Century Studios is bringing “Ella McCay” to digital and Blu-ray. The political dramedy is the first movie in fifteen years from Academy Award winner James L. Brooks. It stars Emma Mackey as Ella, an ambitious 34-year-old lieutenant governor who is thrust into political and personal chaos after she is promoted to governor following her … Continue reading
Fans of the old Westerns are sure to find something to like in “Frontier Crucible”. It’s a film that captures some of the genre’s biggest strengths as well as its noticeable weaknesses. Yet director Travis Mills doesn’t blindly stick to the classic Western formula. He and screenwriter S. Craig Zahler give us a slow-burning and … Continue reading
Oscar winner and all-around hoot Sam Rockwell gets a wonderfully offbeat role in “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die”, the latest crazy concoction from Gore Verbinski. It’s the director’s first feature film since his 2016 psychological horror film “A Cure for Wellness”. This is a much different movie, and from its earliest frame you can … Continue reading
Unlike any other franchise, Star Wars has taken the idea of canon and continuity to places no others have. What started in a series of feature films has blossomed to novels, comics, video games, animated and live-action television. And all of it interconnected through the same sprawling epic timeline. It’s true that Star Wars has … Continue reading
Let me pose an utterly pointless question. Are we currently witnessing the genesis of “bearsploitation” cinema? Of course I ask that with my tongue firmly lodged in my cheek, but it does seem like there has been a rather noticeable wave of movies featuring man-eating bears, much like we’ve seen with sharks. Either way, “bearsploitation” … Continue reading
