Per usual, 2023's Overlook Film Festival features several horror gems that viewers will need to put on their radar in the year to come. Check out our full coverage of the festival after the jump, including titles from the lineup that we have previously reviewed at other fests! Films ABBERANCE SXSW Midnighters are often host … Continue reading Overlook 2023 Wrap-Up
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Overlook 2023: Clock
★★★ Following Dianna Agron’s career post-Glee has been a whirlwind of fascinating big-screen roles. Clock marks Agron’s first major horror appearance since 2011’s Hunters. How is it possible that Agron has already graduated to playing a thirty-seven-year-old mother when it feels like just yesterday she lorded over the streets of McKinley High in her Cheerios … Continue reading Overlook 2023: Clock
Film Review: Murder Mystery 2
★★★ Marking the third collaboration between Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston after the first Murder Mystery and Just Go With It, Murder Mystery 2 arrives in a landscape where whodunnit cinema spectaculars Glass Onion, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and Scream VI have recently debuted to great fanfare. Expecting the unexpected is the new norm. Audiences are … Continue reading Film Review: Murder Mystery 2
Overlook 2023: Late Night with the Devil
★★★★ Mockumentary-style found footage horror meets cheesy late-night talk show realness in subversive horror flick Late Night With the Devil from writer/director duo Cameron and Colin Cairnes. In 1970s America, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson reigned supreme over all other shows of its ilk. According to the introduction here, Night Owls with Jack Delroy, … Continue reading Overlook 2023: Late Night with the Devil
Film Review: The Portable Door
★★★ In the time since the Harry Potter series began, countless imitators and outright copycats emerged in an attempt to emulate its tone and style. Few, if any, survived. The newest in a long line of these types of films is entitled The Portable Door, based on the seven-book series written by Tom Holt. A … Continue reading Film Review: The Portable Door
Film Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
★★★★★ Having freshly rewatched 2000’s wildly misguided and ridiculously campy Dungeons & Dragons, the prospect of a new take on the tabletop classic was probably the last thing on any film buff’s mind. Infamously, that iteration was a box office bomb that failed to kickstart a new franchise despite the presence of a relatively solid … Continue reading Film Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
BFI Flare 2023: Lie With Me
★★★★ Based on the novel by Philippe Besson, Lie with Me is a passionate, delectable queer drama that blends coming-of-age romance with poignant messaging about adulthood. Paramount at the center of its two converging timelines are themes of love and longing. A rich script penned by writer/director Olivier Peyon weaves a poignant longing and rich … Continue reading BFI Flare 2023: Lie With Me
Retro Review: Sparkler
★★★★ At long last, Jawbreaker writer/director Darren Stein’s debut feature Sparkler is finally available after fading to time! Look no further than the stunning cast roster (which includes 90s favorites like Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jamie Kennedy, as well as seasoned gems such as Veronica Cartwright and Glenn Shadix) with Stein behind the camera to … Continue reading Retro Review: Sparkler
SXSW 2023 Wrap-Up
Despite being a strictly in-person festival for the first time in years, Allison and I managed to catch quite a few movies from the 2023 SXSW Film Festival slate! There were many highs and lows throughout the week of the fest, and as per usual, we are here to share our full coverage. After the … Continue reading SXSW 2023 Wrap-Up
SXSW 2023: Beef
A24 and Netflix finely season their newest collaboration: dark dramedy Beef, a searing depiction of road rage taken to its most outrageous extreme. Showrunner/writer/creator Lee Sung Jin wrings masterful performances from both Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, both of whom have never been better. Throughout a ten-episode run, Beef builds up an increasingly tense atmosphere, … Continue reading SXSW 2023: Beef