I desperately want to love Yorgos Lanthimos’ films. His caustic, often disturbing style shows shades of Stanley Kubrick a la A Clockwork Orange and the best moments of both The Lobster and The Killing of A Sacred Deer are flat…
Movie Review: Leatherface
Seven times Leatherface had cranked up a chainsaw on-screen, but the eight time may be the best one. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, which this character is based from, has been around since 1974, but not until now do we…
Movie Review: Breathe
It’s said the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, and there’s no greater proof of that than watching Hollywood portrayals of disability. Nearly all of these films follow a similar pattern, and generally revolve around a true story,…
Movie Review: Jungle
Over the last few years, Daniel Radcliffe has been doing his damnedest to separate his image from the character that brought him fame, and he may have finally done so, as he finds himself bearded and writhing around in the…
Movie Review: The Foreigner
I grew up on Jackie Chan’s American buddy movies. They may run the gamut of terrible to mediocre but Rush Hour, Shanghai Knights, The Tuxedo and The Medallion will always hold a special place in my stupid little heart. I…
Movie Review – Blade Runner 2049
Warning: Spoilers for Blade Runner: 2049 below. Blade Runner 2049 is, above all, a film of images. Bold. Brash. Breathtaking. Harrowing. The original 1982 Ridley Scott film set itself in a dystopian, retrofitted Los Angeles that was equal parts cyberpunk and lurid…
Movie Review: The Square
The Square is a film about a social experiment which is, in its own odd way, itself a social experiment. Said experiment asks if a panel of Cannes jurists can overlook a film’s glaring structural problems, general listlessness, uneven tone,…