A bold, brassy take on Gone Girl, Paul Feig’s mommy-vlogger noir allows Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively to smash the patriarchy in some fascinating ways. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood You have to admire the bravery of a film that all but tells you what it’s about. At no point does A Simple ... A Simple Favor Review: Paul Feig’s Comedy-Thriller Is a Riotous Look at Female Agency
Mateo Gil’s Spanish rom-com mockumentary tumbles toward entropy with beautiful visuals, but a scattered story and weak protagonist. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood As any science fiction nerd can tell you, people can be rudimentarily broken down into either Kirks or Spocks. One uses cold logic to solve situations, while the other acts ... Film Review: Netflix Explores the Metaphysics of Love with The Laws of Thermodynamics
Jim McKay’s tale of the plight of undocumented workers in America is soulful, sensitive, and a potent rebuke to modern rhetoric about the humanity of immigrants. This piece was originally published on Alcohollywood It’s easy to demonize an entire group of people when you know nothing about them. Murderers, rapists, thieves, and drug-dealing gangsters are ... En el Séptimo Día Is a Naturalistic, Humanistic View of the Immigrant Experience
The web-footage sequel to the first Unfriended sees the series move in more believably conventional directions, eschewing supernatural scares for more haunting domestic terrors. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood We live in an age of overwhelming technology. Most of us spend most of day in the digital world, our computers becoming individual microcosms ... Unfriended: Dark Web Elevates Its Premise to Scarier Screen-Based Dimensions
While the Rock maintains his larger-than-life presence, this taller Die Hard knockoff buckles under the weight of its sizeable lack of humor. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Ever since my childhood days of watching professional wrestling, I’ve wanted Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to succeed. Whether it was in the ring (where he would ... Skyscraper Review: The Rock Cooks Up Another Underdone Summer Thriller
This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood (You can find an English-language version of the interview here. Read our review of the film here.) La Enfermedad del Domingo es diferente a cualquier película que hayas hecho hasta la fecha. ¿De dónde vino la inspiración? La inspiración para la película debería ser Susi Sánchez, con quien trabajé ... La Enfermedad del Domingo: Entrevista con Ramón Salazar (Español)
We sit down to talk to Sunday’s Illness director Ramón Salazar about the creation of the film and the importance of telling women’s stories. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood (Una versión en español de la entrevista se puede encontrar aquí. Read our review of the film here.) Sunday’s Illness is unlike any film ... Sunday’s Illness: Ramon Salazar on Creating Female-Driven Stories (English)
Ramón Salazar’s direct-to-Netflix Spanish drama is a heartfelt exploration of the tenuous bonds between mother and daughter, anchored by sumptuous filmmaking. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood (You can read our interview with Salazar – in both English en español – here.) For most people, their most powerful relationship is the one they’ve had since ... Sunday’s Illness Review: Netflix’s Elegant, Stately Mother-Daughter Drama