★★★★ Beautifully realized stop motion animated I Am Frankelda has to be one of the most stunning movies of the year. With imagery that recalls Coraline and The Nightmare Before Christmas, directors Roy Ambirz and Arturo Ambriz do an incredible job at paying tribute whilst paving their own exciting way into the future. At times, … Continue reading Fantasia 2025: I Am Frankelda
Film Review: Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: Dawn of the Vampires
★★★★ Back in 2018, a little Disney Channel Original Movie debuted featuring adorkable zombie Zed swept up in a forbidden romance with not-so-human Addison. Who would have thought seven years later, we would be looking at one of the longest-running DCOM franchises to maintain the original leads in Milo Manheim and Meg Donnelly. The biggest … Continue reading Film Review: Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: Dawn of the Vampires
Film Review: Oh, Hi!
★★★★ To call modern dating indescribably frustrating would almost be selling it short. I often thank my lucky stars that I found a serious boyfriend before the era of dating apps took over everything. Poor Iris (Molly Gordon) is unfortunately not so lucky. She seems to have bagged herself the perfect boyfriend. By all accounts, … Continue reading Film Review: Oh, Hi!
Blu-Ray Film Review: The Monkey
★★★★★ Last year, Osgood Perkins set the horror sphere ablaze with his bleak and disturbing Longlegs. In 2025, he returns with a vengeance, albeit accompanied by a massive tonal shift. Enter: The Monkey, a horror/comedy hybrid from NEON featuring a plethora of outlandishly creative kills and a killer hook that makes it insanely rewatchable. Who … Continue reading Blu-Ray Film Review: The Monkey
Film Review: Heads of State
★★★★ A deliriously over-the-top combustible action/comedy mash-up, Heads of State brings an unlikely duo to the forefront. Idris Elba and John Cena play this oddball pairing by leaning into their trademark traits—for Elba, that means British and brooding, whilst Cena gets to play the vapid movie star with muscles and a heart of gold. As … Continue reading Film Review: Heads of State
Film Review: Bride Hard
★ (Written by Intern, Alecia Wilk) Bride Hard sounds at first like a sure-fire cash-in combination of blockbusters from opposite sides of the consumer market. Capitalizing on chick-flick flockers and 80’s action junkies at once, a successful story should not be out of reach. However, disappointment rears its head early on, and never lets up. … Continue reading Film Review: Bride Hard
Film Review: Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project
★★★★ A genuinely great found footage horror film is rare, but one that expertly mixes comedy and horror is practically a (killer) unicorn. Enter: Radio Silence-produced Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project, a campy, ridiculously entertaining faux documentary about the production of a found footage Bigfoot flick. There are a few movies in … Continue reading Film Review: Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project
4K Blu-Ray Review: The Nice Guys
★★★★★ Although it flopped at the box office upon release back in 2016, in the near-decade since, Shane Black's riotous buddy comedy/thriller The Nice Guys has developed quite a cult fanbase. At the time, Ryan Gosling was red hot—perhaps even moreso now, considering his Oscar-nominated turns in La La Land and Barbie. The initial rejection … Continue reading 4K Blu-Ray Review: The Nice Guys
Tribeca 2025: How to Train Your Dragon
★★★★★ Despite having only seen the Dreamworks originals once each in theaters, I was still optimistic for the company’s first foray into the live action remake arena. Seeing dragons interact with humans in the real world, built off identical mythology, has a certain appeal to it. Would Hiccup and Toothless live up to the lofty … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: How to Train Your Dragon
Tribeca 2025: Dog of God
★★★★ Latvian animation definitely has a specific type of flavor—though relatively new to Western audiences, last year, Flow won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. At 2022's Tribeca Film Festival, underrated adult gem My Love Affair with Marriage unexpectedly became one of my favorite movies of the year. 2025's Tribeca brings another Latvian oddity along … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: Dog of God