★★ A simple glimpse at the cast list for The Birthday Cake was enough to get me on board, featuring a wide array of actors from shows I love. Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl, You), Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars, Spring Breakers), Jeremy Allen White (Shameless), David Mazouz (Gotham)… the list goes on and on. Throw … Continue reading Film Review: The Birthday Cake
Tribeca 2021: No Man of God
★★★ Serial killers are all the rage these days. Similar to Netflix’s dark drama series Mindhunter, director Amber Sealy and writer Kit Lesser (Sinister) present No Man of God, which examines charismatic murderer Ted Bundy (Luke Kirby in an uncanny portrayal) through interviews and analysis amongst the creation of FBI profiling. The true crime film … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: No Man of God
Film Review: Gully
★★★★ Sometimes having low expectations is key to finding the biggest surprises. In a movie heavily inspired by Clockwork Orange, three promising young men spiral out of control, fueled by drugs and video game violence. Gully was a selection at 2019’s Tribeca Film Festival, and its delayed release undoubtedly has a lot to do with … Continue reading Film Review: Gully
Film Review: Cruella
★★★★★ “Born brilliant, born bad, and a little bit mad.” Bookended by two outrageous and fantastic performance by a pair of Hollywood’s best Emmas, Cruella scrapes a PG-13 grit through the lens of the memorable 101 Dalmatians villain. I’d say she is actually one of the most iconic villains of all time. Previously played in … Continue reading Film Review: Cruella
Film Review: The Catch
★★★ The Catch is an old-fashioned crime drama set against the backdrop of coastal Maine. When Beth (Katia Winter) makes a surprise visit back home, she sets off a chain of events that effects her entire family. Still haunted by flashbacks of a tragic accident, Beth reconnects with her unstable ex-boyfriend Dicky (James McMenamin), and … Continue reading Film Review: The Catch
Film Review: The Woman in the Window
★★★★ The Woman in the Window, the latest in the long line of best-selling, mystery-book film adaptations, gives Amy Adams the chance to fill the shoes of an agoraphobic shut-in. Many viewers will unintentionally relate as those lucky enough to work from home may have barely left their homes in the past year. The long-delayed … Continue reading Film Review: The Woman in the Window
Film Review: Monster
★★★★ Monster, the new drama from Netflix, originally made its debut at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The searing courtroom thriller based on the novel by Walter Dean Myers follows Steve (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), a 17-year old who gets caught up in a drugstore robbery gone bad. Now, he’s viewed as nothing but a “monster” … Continue reading Film Review: Monster
Film Review: Wrath of Man
★★★★ Wrath of Man will give fans of Jason Statham exactly what they want: an action-packed crime thriller where Statham kicks a whole lot of ass. It’s also pure Guy Ritchie, with lines like “you’re a cold, cold cunt” and “Dave, you just worry about putting your asshole back in your asshole and leave this … Continue reading Film Review: Wrath of Man
Film Review: The Runner
★★★★ Female director Michelle Danner delivers a dark and harrowing new thriller, The Runner. After Aiden (Edouard Phillipponnat) gets busted trying to purchase drugs, the cops force him to go undercover to take down cocky drug lord Local Legend (Eric Balfour). His mission isn’t really much of a choice, considering they give him an ultimatum … Continue reading Film Review: The Runner
Film Review: Chance
★★★★ Adult animation is tricky to get right, and justly so. It requires a balancing act to strike the right tone, and to prove the story is worth telling in this format. I’m happy to report that Chance, the new dog fighting animated drama from director Kenny Roy, emphasizes the urgency of this topic. Being … Continue reading Film Review: Chance