Science fiction and horror collide in the nightmarish new feature “Ash” from DJ, record producer, and filmmaker Flying Lotus. With its audacious visuals and masterfully managed tone, “Ash” sucks you into its forbidding far-away world, embracing several familiar conceits along the way while adding its own gnarly twists to them. The results may not redefine … Continue reading
Celine Song gave us one of the best directorial debuts in recent history with 2023’s “Past Lives”, an aching drama that earned Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. As a result, many of us have been anxiously anticipating what she was going to do next. Now we get a taste following … Continue reading
Denis Villeneuve has done the impossible by adapting Frank Herbert’s seminal science-fiction novel series “Dune” for the big screen. Of course he’s not the first to attempt it. But Villeneuve’s two films have fully captured Herbert’s epic vision which has long been declared “unfilmable”. Villeneuve makes some meaningful alterations. But he never loses sight of … Continue reading
Directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen team up for “Novocaine”, an outrageous action comedy that squeezes every ounce of humor it can out of its one joke. But lucky for them it’s a pretty good joke and they’re able to get a lot of mileage out of it. They’re even luckier to have Jack Quaid, … Continue reading
Only three years removed from making the $1.5 billion mega-hit “Top Gun: Maverick”, director Joseph Kosinski is back in a cockpit of a different kind. This time he’s entering the fuel-injected world of Formula One racing with the aptly titled “F1”. Joined by an all-star cast of actors and real-life drivers, Kosinski and company have … Continue reading
Two Steven Soderbergh movies on the big screen in less than two months – we cinema lovers are eating good. And while it’s true that I didn’t fully go for his January release, “Presence”, Soderbergh always has something compelling to offer. And when he hits his mark the results can be pretty magical. Such is … Continue reading
Keith & the Movies 