‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ review: A funky, junky course correction

The best thing about Venom: Let There Be Carnage is that Marvel-Cinematic-Universe-meg-producer Kevin Feige never would’ve allowed it to happen. Feige, the sovereign of superhero sameness, has made a career out of reforming the type of movie that this latest…

Shock and Awe Movie Review: An Easily Digestible Bore

Shock and Awe exists exclusively to exploit a market for journalism movies whittled down into easily digestible, unchallenging chunks, à la James Vanderbilt’s 2015 clunker Truth. This heavy-handed pat on the back for the only reporters who “got it right”…

Solo: A Star Wars Story Official Teaser Finally Takes Flight!

With a pending May release and no footage, many Star Wars fans were starting to worry about the state of Solo: A Star Wars Story. At least a little bit of that concern was assuaged after the first real look at Solo: A Star…

Movie Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Director Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths) possess two crucial understandings of what creates excellence in character building. The first, is the belief in the duality of human nature and that the version we are today isn’t always the version of…

10 Years Later: Still No Country for Old Men

It’s been ten years since the release of what some might refer to as Joel and Ethan Coen’s masterpiece. Released in 2007 amidst numerous politically-minded, morally serious parables about U.S.’s intervention in the Middle East, No Country for Old Men…

Movie Review: LBJ

LBJ is a film that is wholly unnecessary because it’s already been done by way of the 2016 HBO movie, All the Way, starring Bryan Cranston. Woody Harrelson’s performance as Lyndon Johnson is strong,  but there’s no way around comparing…

TIFF Movie Review: Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

To read further TIFF 2017 coverage, go here.  Director Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths) possess two crucial understandings of what creates excellence in character building. The first, is the belief in the duality of human nature and that the version…