This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood The 54th Chicago International Film Festival is more than just an […]
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While Theresa Rebeck’s low-budgeted rural hangout comedy sports a fine cast, they can’t quite elevate the proceedings beyond […]
Netflix’s latest creep-fest is a schlocky bore filled with predictable twists and some dodgy performances, though it’s mitigated […]
This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Novelist, screenwriter and Pulitzer-nominated playwright Theresa Rebeck is a woman of […]
This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Now in its third year, the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, taking […]
Elizabeth E. Schuch’s spooky, atmospheric horror gem prefers to keep its tale of demonic birth and possession filled […]
Mary Elizabeth Winstead lashes back at the stiflingly male-dominated world of standup comedy in Eva Vives’ acerbic, stunning […]
Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut features strong performances and some catchy tunes, but he’s just the opening act for […]
Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly are a pair of offbeat gunslingers in Jacques Audiard’s unconventional, gorgeously energetic […]
We sit down with the director of the upcoming long-distance running doc 3100: Run and Become to talk […]
Fresh off a string of failed horror flicks, Eli Roth bounces back with an unexpectedly fun, faithful adaptation […]
Shane Black returns to the macho 90s alien-hunter franchise he helped spawn, but his irreverent stamp (including a […]
Expanding the ever-widening Conjuring universe, this origin story/prequel of one of the universe’s spookiest threats is downright silly […]
Netflix updates Cyrano de Bergerac for the social media era in this clunky teen rom-com, which distastefully hinges […]
Anchored by a layered lead turn from John Cho, Aneesh Chaganty’s screens-only thriller explores the formal implications of […]
Jack Reynor keeps his brother and his big-ass gun safe in this tepid late-August shoot-em-up, its characters as […]
Despite two incredible lead performances from Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, this dramatization of the Mossad extradition of […]
Lewis Teague’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Cujo turns thirty-five today, and is a perfect example of the thrills […]