Reviews You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah finds stardom in the Sandler family By: Michael Frank A specific, worthwhile entry into the middle school movie canon.
Features Rebecca proves a pale imitator of its predecessor and the source material By: Shannon Campe Wheatley's adaptation of the classic gothic novel frequently looks lush, but can't back up its visuals
Features Dascha Dauenhauer premieres her exclusive title track from “Golda”: Listen Listen to the ominous, haunting title track from the upcoming Helen Mirren-starring biopic.
Columns What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in August Asteroid City, Metalocalypse, Impulse, Jon Moritsugu and More!
Anniversaries The World’s End at 10: a look back at Edgar Wright’s most poignant work The final movie in the Cornetto Trilogy successfully merged comedy, sci-fi horror & Gen X pathos.
Recap Ahsoka episodes 1 & 2 start the show off on a lore-heavy but well-paced note By: Megan Sunday Anakin Skywalker's former apprentice and fan favorite Ahsoka gets her own shot at a TV series.
Features A movie breaks out during a firearm stunt reel in Free Fire By: Tim Stevens Wheatley flirts with Tarantino-esque “cool” crime with decidedly different results.
Features High-Rise explores stories of the class system in chaos By: Jon Paul Roberts Wheatley's first encounter with a movie star, Tom Hiddleston, dives deep into humanity's social climbing dark side.
Reviews Landscape with Invisible Hand has lots of ideas, little follow-through By: Scout Tafoya A unique take on alien invasion gets too distracted to say much about any of its preoccupations.
Reviews Strays isn’t fit for human nor beast By: Shannon Campe Homeward Bound but raunchy squanders the writer and the director's talents.
Anniversaries “Have We Got A Vacation For You!”: Westworld at 50 By: Peter Sobczynski Michael Crichton's futuristic filmmaking debut gave a silly premise some thoughtful & unsettling weight.
Features A Field in England goes afield, in England By: Gregory J. Smalley Wheatley keeps it eclectic with the most psychedelic offering in his filmography.
Reviews Jules is an alien fantasy with heart, but no art By: Sarah Gorr The Ben Kingsley vehicle is a sentimental flick aimed squarely at the AARP crowd, but lacks style and craft.
Reviews There’s no getting blood from Heart of Stone By: Leo Brady Netflix's latest Gal Gadot project reveals the shallowness of their action brand and her acting commitment.
Reviews The Last Voyage of the Demeter raises solid B horror from the grave By: Justin Harrison Javier Botet skillfully embodies a cunning Orlokian Dracula in André Øvredal's enjoyably vicious horrorshow.
Reviews Only Murders in the Building Season 3 keeps it cozy even as love interests threaten to derail the magic By: Michael Frank The series splits the leads too often early on, but when the trio sticks together, it is as good as ever.
Recap Star Trek: Strange New Worlds finishes its second season with a bang A perilous confrontation with the Gorn brings out the series’ action movie bona fides in a dramatic season finale.
Features Sightseers takes murder on the road By: Michael Frank Ben Wheatley's third film brings Bonnie and Clyde across the pond for a decidedly less glamorous take on homicidal lovers.
Reviews Neil Breen’s Cade: The Tortured Crossing reaches glorious new heights of incoherence By: Gena Radcliffe The Prince of Perplexion is back & more baffling than ever in his first sequel.
Reviews Strange Planet strands viewers on a domain devoid of laughs By: Lisa Laman The popular webcomic gets turned into a TV show that proves some ideas can't sustain half-hour programs.
Features Kill List disturbs thanks to Wheatley’s merciless anti-romanticism By: Justin Harrison A disaffected hitman and his best pal descend into an entirely different sort of hell in the director/writer’s genre-hopping nightmare.