Reviews “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” is not great success, but still very nice By: Clint Worthington Sacha Baron Cohen returns to mess with America once again, but finds it hard to troll a populace that's already trolling themselves.
Reviews “32 Malasaña Street” is haunted by the same old scares By: Theo Estes The Shudder exclusive moves from promising to prosaic to problematic in its runtime.
Filmmaker of the Month “For Love of the Game” strikes out hard Sam Raimi's most forgettable director-for-hire job is a painfully earnest baseball drama starring Kevin Costner.
Reviews “The Undoing” is an intriguing drama about a rich family shaken by tragedy By: Marshall Estes David E. Kelley's latest for HBO features Nicole Kidman in another excellent turn as a therapist who's pulled into a murder investigation.
AFI Fest 2020 AFI Fest: “Notturno”, “No Ordinary Man” By: Clint Worthington Two stellar docs -- one about the dangers of place, the other the flexibility of identity -- screen at AFI Fest.
Columns P.S.H. I Love You: Hoffman serves up sleaze in the middling “Red Dragon” Try as he might, Philip Seymour Hoffman can't lend enough sleaze to Brett Ratner's Hannibal Lecter sequel to make it feel less like a bland retread.
Reviews “Lovecraft Country” Season Finale Recap: “Full Circle” By: Gena Radcliffe Fates are sealed & futures are secured in a talk-heavy but satisfying conclusion.
Reviews “What the Constitution Means to Me” jumps admirably from stage to screen By: Ashley Lara Heidi Schreck's hit Broadway play transfers to Amazon with admirable verve, thanks to a strong central performance and effortless direction from Marielle Heller.
Anniversaries “Re-Animator” revisited: Stuart Gordon’s masterpiece lives on Lovecraft adaptations have never been better or more gruesome, even 35 years later.
Reviews “Star Trek: Discovery” Season 3 Episode 1: Finally charting its own course By: Andrew Bloom Trek's flagship series takes a dramatic leap forward, stumbling toward its true potential.
AFI Fest 2020 AFI Fest: “76 Days” takes us inside Wuhan’s COVID lockdown By: Clint Worthington Hao Wu's fly-on-the-wall glimpse of China's 76-day coronavirus lockdown is a startling portrait of resilience and helplessness.
“Love and Monsters” brings sweetness to the post-apocalypse Dylan O'Brien turns the end of the world into a call for empathy in this sweet take on the genre.
Reviews “Seized” reunites Scott Adkins and Isaac Florentine to phenomenal effect By: Justin Harrison One of the great modern action filmmaking teams is back at it, ably aided by the inimitable Mario Van Peebles.
Anniversaries “Fade to Black” is creepy, funny & prescient The underrated psychological thriller turns 40 & finds a new audience on Shudder.
Filmmaker of the Month “A Simple Plan” is a masterclass in bone-chilling tension Sam Raimi's director-for-hire job helming this chilling crime drama turns out to be one of his most compelling works.
Reviews Great British Baking Show Episode 4 Recap: “Chocolate Week” By: Ashley Lara The contestants endure some balmy babkas in a sweltering series of chocolatey challenges.
Anniversaries Inside the blood-soaked Gothic romance of “Crimson Peak” Guillermo del Toro's criminally overlooked ode to Daphne du Maurier turns five, and it's as potent as ever.
Reviews Doc shows how America failed to get COVID-19 “Totally Under Control” By: Oluwatayo Adewole Gibney's latest piece of docu-journalism is a sharp, but blinkered take Trump's COVID-era failings.
Features “The Quick and the Dead” is fast on the draw & a ton of fun Sam Raimi and Sharon Stone’s quickdraw revenger is stylish and skillfully crafted.
Reviews “Rebecca” is a glamorous vacation for the eyes By: Beau North Ben Wheatley's take on the Daphne du Maurier gothic romance doesn't surpass Hitchcock's, but it's a well-made mental getaway.
Filmmaker of the Month “Army of Darkness” turns “Evil Dead” into giddy fantasy slapstick Sam Raimi trades scares for slapstick in the thin-but-entertaining third entry in the Evil Dead series.