An action/comedy/fantasy whatsit, Tim van Dammen’s Mega Time Squad follows a gormless small-time gangster named John (Anton Tennet) in a podunk, no-horse New Zealand town of a few thousand people who hits upon the genius idea of robbing his egotistical, psychopathic…
Adult Life Skills Movie Review: Endearing Jodie Whittaker comedy is almost too quirky for its own good
Paying bills — and on time, every month, without fail. Grocery shopping — for more than just Double-Stuf Oreos, dill pickles, cheap wine, two loaves of bread, and one (1) vegetable. Staying on top of your health insurance — and…
Replicas Movie Review: Stick to John Wick, Keanu
Since the emergence of such films as Ex-Machina and 10 Cloverfield Lane, and The Girl with All the Gifts in the indie science fiction motion picture scene, it is easier to be willing to give other films in that genre…
The Vanishing Movie Review: Director Kristoffer Nyholm creates a surprisingly eerie mystery
Using Scottish folklore as a speculative framing device for historical fanfiction, The Vanishing (formerly Keepers) tells the viewer right at the top that this is extremely loosely based on the story of the Flannan Isle Mystery, in which three lighthouse…
TYF’s 20 Best Films of 2018
Every year when we get to this point there’s a mixture of dread and excitement concerning the compiling of this list [and I’m sure my fellow editors would agree]. On the one hand, it’s a chance to celebrate the years…
Vice Movie Review: Amidst the tonal chaos emerges an angry and distinct piece of work
Director Adam McKay never quite fits into the box that viewers try so adamantly to shove him into. After watching goofy, irreverent buddy comedies like Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy or Talladega Nights, it would be all too easy…
Welcome to Marwen Movie Review: An embarrassing disaster all around
Who was the Hollywood screenwriter, producer, or bigwig who saw Jeff Malmberg’s Marwencol (2010)—a bruising, heart-breaking film about trauma —and thought yes, this will make a perfect dramedic fantasy crowd-pleaser. It boggles the mind and the reasoning bits of the…