★★ 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
Film Review: The Superdeep
★★★★ Every horror movie with a wintery setting and a large cast of characters seems to be some riff on The Thing in one way or another. Welcome to The Superdeep, a goopy and nasty body horror flick with impressive creature design and horrifying imagery. And yes, this too owes quite a big deal to … Continue reading Film Review: The Superdeep
Tribeca 2021: The Novice
★★★★ Writer/director Lauren Hadaway’s dour, waterlogged thriller The Novice is driven by Isabelle Fuhrman’s explosive performance as obsessive rower Alex. It is a tense and enthralling debut feature, brimming with harsh imagery and fully-forming Alex’s troubled character. While I expected a bigger crescendo of dramatic release at the end, this is an impeccably directed and … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: The Novice
Tribeca 2021: Catch the Fair One
★★★★ (Written by Allison Brown) Catch the Fair One caught me off guard as one of the stronger Tribeca contenders I’ve seen yet! With its dark, gritty and gloomy turns, it is impossible to not be engaged in Kaylee’s struggle to find her missing sister, Weeta (Mainaku Borrero). The film invokes notes of Taken, with a female edge; … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: Catch the Fair One
Interview: Poser Directors & Actress Bobbi Kitten
This week, we got together with some of the creatives behind the excellent new Tribeca music thriller, Poser. It is a searing character study about timid Lennon (newcomer Sylvie Mix), as she starts up a podcast to “investigate and research” underground musicians. Lennon’s journey and exploration for her recordings transforms into an obsession. Lennon begins … Continue reading Interview: Poser Directors & Actress Bobbi Kitten
Film Review: Stalker
★★★★ If 2020’s Spree didn’t already make you weary of rideshare services, Stalker is here to remind you: you really can’t trust your drivers! Don’t say hi to them if you see them randomly lurking in your neighborhood, and certainly, don’t take it upon yourself to start arranging hangouts with your Uber drivers in local … Continue reading Film Review: Stalker
Tribeca 2021: Poser
★★★★★ Poser, a thrilling deep dive into Columbus, Ohio’s music scene, completely shocked and surprised me. Directed by Noah Dixon (who also wrote the script) and Ori Segev, Poser delves into the music world with vigor and realism. Beyond that, it’s a searing character study about timid Lennon (newcomer Sylvie Mix) as she starts up … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: Poser
Tribeca 2021: See for Me
★★★★ Intense films like Don’t Breathe, Run, Misery, and especially Panic Room reflect the brand of ferocious nail-biting suspense you can expect from director Randall Okita’s Tribeca thriller, See for Me. Blind former skier Sophie (Skyler Davenport) gets a new gig housesitting for a wealthy client. The place has it all: a partition in the … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: See for Me
Film Review: Awake
★★★ Imagine for a moment a world in which you cannot go to sleep. No, I don’t mean a demon that will haunt your dreams like Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street. You literally can’t sleep. The phones aren’t working, the power is out, and the military shows up… There is no such … Continue reading Film Review: Awake
Film Review: Postal
★★★★ Try to imagine your worst online shopping nightmare. Your package doesn’t just not come on time, it gets lost somewhere, and there is zero chance you will receive it same-day. You have to call customer service to plead your case, but even they are completely incompetent to come to your aid. What are the … Continue reading Film Review: Postal