Black Christmas Movie Review: Bold politics aren’t enough to make this slasher any less formulaic

Christmas and horror are the peanut butter and chocolate of movie genres. They’re two completely distinct flavors that shouldn’t go well together in theory, but when they do, it’s usually a recipe for success. Black Christmas is certainly a film…

Watch the first trailer for Frank & Lola starring Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon and Imogen Poots star as the title characters in Frank and Lola, the dark feature film debut from director Matthew Ross.  The film follows the shifting relationship of the titular characters through tangled webs of manipulation and revenge. …

TV Review: ‘Roadies’

If you’re one of the many people who were disappointed by the storytelling in the recently canceled Vinyl and still struggling (for good reason) Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll…the new series Roadies, also about the music industry, will not satisfy that itch either. As it is…

Movie Review: ‘Green Room’

When I saw the trailer for Green Room, I thought it was going to be a run of the mill “torture porn” film that just wanted to make a quick buck. It surprised me when I saw that Patrick Stewart…

Anna Axster “A Country Called Home” Interview

Anna Axster directed the Imogen Poots lead independent drama A Country Called Home. Seeped in melancholy with strong performances throughout, it’s a self-assured film for the director, this marking her first full length feature film. Take a look at some of the…

Movie Review: ‘A Country Called Home’

You see towns just like it all through the South, or at least I did growing up in Texas: loose clusters of flat, one-story buildings lining flat, empty streets stretching into infinity. There’s always a water tower — usually the…

Movie Review: ‘She’s Funny That Way’

“They don’t make ‘em like they used to” is a phrase all too apt for one of Hollywood royalty’s latest. Peter Bogdanovich is a filmmaker from the New Hollywood movement which now, ironically, feels dated in a golden classic kind…