The Top 25 Films of 2020
From The Assistant to Wolfwalkers, we guide you through the cinema that survived a devastating 2020 and made it to our screens — and hearts.
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“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” is not great success, but still very nice
Sacha Baron Cohen returns to mess with America once again, but finds it hard to troll a populace that’s already trolling themselves.
July DVD Releases: “Sorry We Missed You”, “You Don’t Nomi”
Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You, a thrilling doc about Showgirls, prestige Stephen King adaptations and others mark July’s DVD and Blu-ray releases.
“Falling Down” is a sizzling portrait of white male rage
From Rodney King to Donald Trump, Michael Douglas’ D-FENS remains the pluperfect case study for white grievance politics.
“Jason Goes to Hell” reinvents the Friday the 13th franchise, and not for the better
Jason Voorhees tears his way over to New Line Cinema, who promptly cranks out an entry that warps his mythos for the worse.
How “Spider-Man: Homecoming” Updated the Teen Film for the MCU Era
Alien robots and evil Norse gods may prove a thrill to the multiplex, but here, they’re not much more intimidating than adolescence.
“Coffee & Kareem” is Bitter on the Palate
Netflix’s latest buddy cop comedy is a dated, hateful mess that doesn’t deserve the screentime.
“Reservoir Dogs” is Quentin Tarantino’s Bloody Rosetta Stone
Quentin Tarantino’s breakout debut feature is a bloody distillation of his best and worst instincts.
Bloody Good Romance: 12 Horror Films to Sate Your Valentine’s Day Bloodlust
Gena Radcliffe and Beau North dig into a dozen gruesome, bloody tales of love and horror this Valentine’s Day.
Super Bowl Trailer Roundup: Avengers: Endgame, Toy Story and More
From the latest Marvel trailers to the upcoming Amazon/Hulu shows, the Super Bowl was a cavalcade of anticipated TV spots.
You Were Never Really Here Review: A Masterwork of Brutal Grindhouse Poetry
Lynne Ramsay follows We Need to Talk About Kevin with another masterwork on the cyclical traumas of violence, sporting a poetically grotesque performance from a haggard Joaquin Phoenix at its center. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Between Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar and We Need to Talk About Kevin, Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay has cemented … You Were Never Really Here Review: A Masterwork of Brutal Grindhouse Poetry
Our Next Top 10 Films of 2017
This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Now that awards season is around the corner, everyone’s talking about their top ten films of this past year. With so many smart, insightful critics putting out lists that look very similar to mine, I thought I’d do something different. Enough people have rightly piled on the praise … Our Next Top 10 Films of 2017