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DICKS: THE MUSICAL MOVIE REVIEW Director Larry Charles (Borat, Bruno) likes to handle outrageous comedy material that borders on offensive. Adapting this off-broadway musical into a film was a step too far for some of our reviewers. The musical story involves two twin brothers, played by the show’s creators Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson, who […]

TALK TO ME MOVIE REVIEW The A24 production logo on this new horror movie should give you a sense of the quality and craft you can expect. And coming from the YouTube twins Danny and Michael Philippou, you can also expect a certain level of twisted quality. This is the duo who went viral with […]

YOU HURT MY FEELINGS MOVIE REVIEW We all fib. We all tell harmless, little white lies to spare the feelings of the people we love. Hell, we even lie to yourselves, just to get through the day. It’s the trivial things, like telling someone you like the meal they made for you or that their […]

BEAU IS AFRAID MOVIE REVIEW Beau afraid. Beau very afraid. Ari Aster is back with his newest feature film following Midsommar with Beau is Afraid. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as the titular Beau who, following the sudden death of his overbearing mother (played by Patti LuPone), has to find a way back to his […]

SHARPER MOVIE REVIEW Ah, I see you’re curious about the art of the con. Well, let me tell you, it’s a delicate dance between charm and deception. And the best con films aren’t just flash and style, they’re about twisting an audience through a thrilling ride, often dealing with characters you come to know but […]

WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD MOVIE REVIEW Gen Xers are typically described as resourceful, independent, and good at maintaining work-life balance. They were the first generation to grow up with personal computers, though not many are going to be able to wrap their heads around Twitch. Gen Xers tend to have liberal views on […]

THE WHALE MOVIE REVIEW Darren Aronofsky is a director who is seemingly determined to either really upset, disgust, or confuse his audience. The thing is though, he’s really good at it. For any given film of his, your results may and will vary, it’s just short-sighted to dismiss any of them. But here he comes […]

PEARL MOVIE REVIEW After Ti West’s 70s slasher X came out in March of this year, everyone was really surprised to hear he and his star were returning a few months later for the prequel to the film, set decades earlier, and starring Mia Goth as a young version of her elderly matriarch from X. […]

FUNNY PAGES MOVIE REVIEW Writer/Director Owen Kline brings the awkward dark and funny with his full length feature debut Funny Pages.  Daniel Zolghadri plays Robert, a high school cartoonist with the inspired style of Robert Crumb and the independent dreams of Bill Watterson.  After the tragic demise of a close inspirational friend.  Robert puts his […]

BODIES BODIES BODIES MOVIE REVIEW Bodies Bodies Bodies is a darkly comic thriller about a group of young rich friends who’ve gathered in a remote mansion for a weekend of debauchery and psychologically charged party games. Joining the group is Bee (Maria Bakalova) a working class immigrant and the girlfriend of Sophie (Amandla Stenberg) who’s […]

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON MOVIE REVIEW From the studio that brought you Uncut Gems, Midsommar, and The Northman comes… a kid’s movie? Well, sort of. Based on the 2010 short by Dean Fleischer-Camp and Jenny Slate, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a live action/stop-motion mockumentary about Marcel (voiced by Slate) a […]

MEN MOVIE REVIEW Writer/Director Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) tells this A24 produced tale of Harper (Jessie Buckley). After witnessing her husband’s gruesome death, possibly a suicide, to deal with her grief rents a large manor in the English countryside. The owner Geoffrey is played good-naturedly goofy by Rory Kinnear who introduces her to the […]

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE MOVIE REVIEW Everything Everywhere All at Once is the latest film from writing-directing duo Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (billed collectively as Daniels). Michelle Yeoh stars as Evelyn, a Chinese immigrant who runs a laundromat with her milquetoast husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan in his first film appearance in over […]

X MOVIE REVIEW There’s no question that horror director Ti West (The Sacrament) wants you to think of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre when you see his new film X. It’s the same period of time with a group of young people in a van driving through places in Texas they shouldn’t be, creepy old […]

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE MOVIE REVIEW Oh my god, how do you even get started describing a movie like this one? At least without spoiling any of the wonderful surprises in store? Fortunately, there are so many surprises and weirdnesses and delights to be found in Everything Everywhere All At Once, the latest film […]

AFTER YANG MOVIE REVIEW This weekend, in theaters, while The Batman offers us all a Colin Farrell as a bloated, scarred-faced Penguin fleeing the Dark Knight in an explosive car chase, After Yang gives us Colin Farrell where he shines brightest: in an indie drama from A24. And sure, A24 often means beautifully filmed, brooding, […]

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH MOVIE REVIEW A24 presents a Joel Coen (and only Joel Coen) film. An adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” in black and white at 4:3 with Denzel Washington as Macbeth and Frances McDormand as Lady Macbeth. These details about this film alone set my film geek alarm bells a’ringin’. Of […]

RED ROCKET MOVIE REVIEW This new cringe comedy from the director of the lauded “Tangerine” and “The Florida Project” follows Mikey (Simon Rex). He’s an ex-porn actor, broke as a joke, and has been forced to vacate Los Angeles for reasons presumably dire and make his way to the doorstep of his ex-wife and ex-porn […]

THE HUMANS MOVIE REVIEW Based on his Pulitzer Prize winning one-act play, writer Stephen Karam debuts as a film director here as he takes on his story of a very uncomfortable family Thanksgiving gathering. The story takes place in the new and unfurnished apartment in NYC that Brigid (Beanie Feldstein) and her boyfriend Richard (Steven […]

C’MON C’MON MOVIE REVIEW “C’mon, C’mon” is the latest film from writer/director Mike Mills (“20th Century Women”). Elegantly shot in black and white, this naturalistic drama stars Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny, a single man and public radio journalist who is interviewing kids all across the country for an upcoming show. Meanwhile, Johnny’s estrange...

THE GREEN KNIGHT MOVIE REVIEW Ah, the longing for times past, the glory days of yore. I’m not talking about medieval times, they kinda sucked as far as I can tell. I’m talking about The Gathering and The League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen podcasts. If you are one of those who enjoy that type of […]

ZOLA MOVIE REVIEW In 2015, Detroit waitress and part-time stripper Aziah “Zola” King posted an epic 148 tweet thread about a wild two days in her life. What started as a quick trip to Florida to make some cash turned into an out-of-control spiral of sex trafficking, violence, strange characters, and weird turns of events, […]