Seems like it wasn’t that long ago that the Syfy channel was a punching bag. What with their endless plethora of terrible monster movies and CGI-slathered creature features, many saw the channel that once hosted such classic programming as Mystery…
Movie Review: When the Bough Breaks
It’s not that Jamielyn Lippman’s When the Bough Breaks: A Documentary About Postpartum Depression is a bad movie. It’s well intentioned, heartfelt, and even more importantly, absolutely necessary. After all, postpartum depression is one of the least talked about medical…
Movie Review: My Life as a Zucchini
Unless their name has Disney or Pixar in the title, animated films are usually shafted for Best Animated films at award shows. It’s not like Disney doesn’t deserve it; they consistently make quality products that are made to identify…
Sundance 2017 Review: Brigsby Bear
To read more coverage of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, go here. Even if you haven’t heard Kyle Mooney’s name, you’ve likely seen him in character on Saturday Night Live. Brigsby Bear is Mooney’s first leading role and he treats…
Sundance 2017 Review: I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore
To read more coverage of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, go here Ruth (Melanie Lynskey) is a nursing assistant having a bad day in the depressingly hilarious Netflix offering I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore. We have…
Sundance 2017 Review: Rememory
To read more coverage of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, go here On paper, Rememory sounds like an interesting concept: a man uses a memory machine to gather evidence of who might have murdered a renowned psychiatrist. It sounds like…
Movie Review: Julieta
If Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In was “a horror story without screams or frights,” then Julieta is a thriller without thrills or tension. The story gradually builds to a mystery surrounding a disappearance whose cause is hinted at,…