There’s a lot of pain in Till, the heartbreaking story of the history-changing lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till. A lot of pain, sorrow, and anger. And it’s not seen only on the face of Emmet’s devastated mother, Mamie (Danielle Deadwyler, The Harder They Fall). We feel it too. It is an extremely  ...

“I’ve written myself into my screenplay.” Leave to Charlie Kaufman (with the help of “Donald Kaufman”) to pen one of the most neurotic and meta stories ever that also manages to be mind-blowingly innovative, hilarious, exciting, relatable, and somehow even a bit sad. Yes, any and all of his other ...

Bubba Ho-Tep and I have finally made up.  I get it.  I finally get why the movie absolutely works and why my punk-ass comments when it was originally released were so naïve.  To borrow a line from Gatsby's Nick Carraway, “in my younger and more vulnerable years” I was a complete tool ...

Those troubled by the increasingly predominant role technology has begun to play in the rearing of today’s children should probably stay far, far away from M3GAN. On the other hand, those who want a front row seat to witness how those perceived dangers might actually play themselves  ...

“Give me your money or I’ll bust you up.”  It is this line that forever alters the decision-making of an architect driven to murder. Morbidity goes mad in director Michael Winner’s Death Wish, a revenge flick from 1974 that made Charles Bronson a household name of full-throttled action and made ...

Michael Madsen as a cult leader?  Sign me up. With heavy bouts of paranoia and suspense, Waking Karma eventually finds its footing as the story of one young girl’s fate at the hands of her estranged father . . . a cult leader who works from the shadows to prepare her for the ultimate  ...

The child’s steps in the cold room are cold.  The rag doll she carries is worn.  She wanders aimlessly through the empty rooms, finally settling on an aging light through which to peel.  And, perhaps, this little girl is still here at the Grand Hotel Gula, where the stench of death clings to the  ...

How does one cure a drought-ridden town in the middle of Kansas? Well, you call the handsome and charming rainmaker of course! And maybe he can bring more than just a little rain to this Midwest rural town…if you know what I mean ...

“Some things there’s no moving on from.” The concept of The Banshees of Inisherin is something so simple. Yet from it there spouts a well of introspective and evocative questions that perhaps every human somehow faces in their own lifetime. After we take in the gorgeous view of the coast of an Irish  ...

Bleed neon, Mofos!  Kids vs. Aliens, filling a void of fantasy and science fiction offerings at the theaters, is the real thing!  Thanks to a fun-loving, free-styled story from director Jason Eisiner and co-writer John Davies, this movie kicks some serious ass as underestimated kids prove  ...