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Son shows how far a mother will go for her son. Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (Never Grow Old, The Canal), SON stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island). I am consistently amazed at the creativity in storytelling in the horror

When I received the email offering a chance to review a documentary about stray dogs in Turkey, I was both excited and concerned that I may be too depressed to finish the film. Luckily, I watched the documentary in its entirety, and I hope you get the chance to do

Before I go into the review, I want to state that I have never seen the original films. I actually think this is a good thing. Wrong Turn is going to remain one of the best horror films for 2021. Wrong Turn is directed by Mike P. Nelson and stars

Keep An Eye Out is the most fun I have had watching a movie in a long time. Sadly, this will be my first film by French director Quentin Dupieux. I was concerned that I would not like the film because it might be too wacky for my tastes. For

I recently had the chance to watch Silk Road, a new film that was released in theaters and will arrive on Blu-ray and VOD this Tuesday. The film, written and directed by Tiller Russell, stars Jason Clarke, Nick Robinson, Katie Aselton, Jimmi Simpson, Daniel David Stewart, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Lexi Rabe,

The brief, brilliant life of onetime Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton, assassinated at the age of 21 by the literal Powers-That-Be (the Herbert Hoover-led FBI, Chicago Police Department) after three years of increasingly high-profile social, political, and economic activism receives a much anticipated, much-needed biopic treatment in writer-director

Welcome to Fistful of Features, a weekly column that celebrates film preservation through physical media and discusses cinematic treasures from every genre to maintain their relevance in the cultural lexicon. There are many great labels that are doing incredible work to keep all sorts of films significant through luxurious treatment

The Ultimate Playlist of Noise is now streaming on Hulu, in case you haven’t seen the film, it follows Marcus (Keean Johnson), an audio-obsessed high school senior, upon learning he must undergo brain surgery that will render him deaf. He then decides to seize control of his fate by recording

Welcome to Fistful of Features, a weekly column that celebrates film preservation through physical media and discusses cinematic treasures from every genre to maintain their relevance in the cultural lexicon. There are many great labels that are doing incredible work to keep all sorts of films significant through luxurious treatment

Director Ben Wheatley brings his unique type of horror film to the screen with In The Earth. This is definitely not a film for everyone, especially now with the Pandemic still lingering. It is amazing to think that this was filmed after the Pandemic. Add the virus storyline, and you

Crime shows. How can you not love them? After all, they’ve got everything that makes a good drama: hope and heartbreak; intrigue and suspense, a dash of violence, and a thrill and chill or two. You’ve got heroes and villains, all contending on that storied stage, the courtroom. There, the

With an overabundance of content being released on a weekly basis, it’s hard to know what to watch these days. Netflix might seem like the obvious choice for many, with hits such as Bird Box, Bright, and The Old Guard, but other distributors such as Gravitas Ventures and IFC Films

The desolation of the universe in which the film takes place and the raw emotions of a love story is what captivated me about The Wanting Mare. I was intrigued by the fantasy concept of the film but was blown away by the story and the characters. The story will

I first became familiar with the unearthly cinematic joy of Sion Sono when I encountered the brilliance of his gonzo gangster musical Tokyo Tribe at Fantastic Fest back in 2014. That led me down the road to discovering his magnum opus Love Exposure and I have been visiting his altar

Sundance’s Short Films category is very crowded. So many wonderful films that evoke every form of emotion in such a short amount of time. I thoroughly enjoyed each of the shorts in this section, but am going to focus my reviews on the following films. White Wedding, The Affected, Raspberry,

I can’t say I was very familiar with the musical anomaly known as Sparks before my viewing of Edgar Wright’s infectious documentary and I’ll be damned if this experience didn’t convert me into their cult of disciples. I can only imagine the unique encounters that brought their diverse legion of