R Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies October 24, 2020 Raimi gives viewers “The Gift” of returning to spooks After digressing from the horror genre, Sam Raimi's 2000 effort marked an affecting supernatural tale with solid performances.
G Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies June 24, 2020 Gus Van Sant’s “Milk” has soured with time Gus Van Sant's squeaky clean biopic about the famed gay rights activist marks a myopic and pandering misstep in the director's filmography.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies June 22, 2020 “Good Will Hunting” was Gus Van Sant’s big swing for the normies Gus Van Sant's Oscar-winning character drama is a safe, middlebrow nuts-and-bolts picture as formative as it is uncreative for the filmmaker.
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies June 14, 2020 The “Psycho” remake is an ironically bloodless exercise in technique Gus Van Sant's remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic is a cut-and-paste exercise that plays like little more than a rehash of the original.
& Categories Movies January 15, 2020 “Dolittle” Does Just Enough to Treat the January Blues Despite some strange tonal shifts, this warm family film has sweetness & heart.
M Categories Movies June 12, 2019 Men in Black International Review: You’ll Pray for a Neuralyzer Not even the cosmic star power of Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson can stop this tired, paint-by-numbers reboot.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies March 29, 2019 “Mars Attacks” is Tim Burton’s Twisted Cautionary Tale About Trust Adapting the Topps trading cards to cackling comic life, Tim Burton! offered a twisted alien invasion alternative to Independence Day.
D Categories Movies March 26, 2019 Dumbo Review: Tim Burton’s Remake Is Light as a Feather, But Doesn’t Spread Its Wings While it doesn't reach the heights of Pete's Dragon, Tim Burton's remake has its fair share of charms, and takes a few digs at the House of Mouse.
W Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies March 24, 2019 With “Sweeney Todd”, Tim Burton Ditched Whimsy for Pure, Masterful Macabre By channeling Burton's outsized whimsy into something darker, consistent, and more constrained, Sweeney Todd succeeds in ways his other adaptations fail.
H Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies March 23, 2019 How Quirk Killed Tim Burton’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Burton's dark, misguided adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's novel ages particularly poorly among the rest of his works.
