‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ review: God of Blunder

I need to figure out exactly who I am. What identity crisis? From Norse mythology to comic book superhero to unlikely blockbuster movie star, “Thor” has long been a game of hot potato between creative hands, carelessly tossing away the…

Movie Review: Vox Lux is a Soulless Character Study

The “rags to riches” story is one that has been done more times than we can count. Just this year, we’ve had A Star is Born and Bohemian Rhapsody to showcase the consequences of international stardom. Now, we have Vox…

Annihilation Movie Review: A terrifying and beautiful experience

Life, in Alex Garland’s Annihilation, his follow up to Ex Machina, is a ponderous, methodical, and unbalanced matter. Natalie Portman’s Lena, vacant and distant, states that the mystical “shimmer” isn’t destroying, but “creating something new”. The feverish world Garland has…

Watch Natalie Portman try to save Oscar Isaac in new Annihilation trailer

With the new Star Wars about to be released in the next few days, it’s no surprise that Paramount released a new trailer for Annihilation highlighting Star Wars star Oscar Isaac. But as much as we love Oscar Isaac –…

First Trailer For Alex Garland’s ‘Annihilation’

2015 saw the release of Ex Machina, the directorial debut of acclaimed writer Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Sunshine, Dredd). Thanks to that movie’s critical acclaim and Oscar-winning visual effects, Garland’s directorial career is on the way up. Garland’s follow-up is Annihilation, an adaptation…

SXSW Review: ‘Song to Song’ Comes Off As One Note

Terrence Malick is not known for playing it safe. His avant-garde style has been a dichotomizing force among film critics for over a decade. He marches to the beat of his own drum, but recently that beat has been repetitive…