Emily Strong

“You'll never be big time because you're small time in your heart.” Vaudeville: a long-lost form of entertainment that couldn’t hold its own against the rising popularity of the movies and also eventu...
“Try to look more bereaved.” This isn’t how funerals are supposed to go. Or is it? Offering something arguably more realistic and touching than any other mopey, water-works-filled funeral sequence/mov...
Everything seems nice enough. The neighbors are friendly. The apartment is modern and clean. Her husband has a good job. But to Julia ( Maika Monroe ), something is wrong – everything is wrong. From t...
Are there two sides to everyone? One good and simple. The other…bordering on evil perhaps. And does this “evil” side live in all of us just waiting to be unleashed? While attending church one morning,...
In the case of mistaken identity, how far would you go to clear your name and set the record straight? In Joseph Losey ’s gritty and disturbing nightmare, Mr. Klein, the title character (played by Fre...
It is not your average revenge flick. Nor is it what you would expect from director Henri Verneuil and star Jean-Paul Belmondo for what was their seventh picture together. There are no jaw-dropping st...
I think that everyone knows that those early teen years were…confusing…to say the least. Everyone has had their own traumatizing experiences from that time (whether you choose to remember them or not)...
It’s official! Marvel has its first horror film, and oh man…is it frightfully good! Finally making his return to the superhero franchise after delivering the last installment of his famous Spider-Ma n...
“Unless a man believes that there is something great for him to do, he can do nothing great.” How on earth do you make a biopic set in the mid-19th century that poses as some kind of weird Western but...
“Whatever you plan on happening, never happens. Stuff you would never think of happens.” No matter how much many of us like to pretend that we have our lives under control, the simple fact of the matt...
Oh, the power of the media! Many have used it for good, but others, like Louis Carrier ( Jean Yanne ) realize its potential to generate fear and garner much attention. He is not a psychopath carrying...
“Why do people have to love people, anyway?” By the time the 1960’s rolled around in America, the infamous Production Code that was implemented in the 1930’s was clearly losing its grip in Hollywood....
Classic Hollywood making fun of itself? Count me in! Paris When it Sizzles goes full ridiculous in this charming, downright delightful romantic comedy so silly that you cannot help but smile the whole...
In a world where perhaps none of the studio giants would even consider touching a project that absolutely overflows with elaborate originality and craziness, A24 , once again, delivers. This time they...
There’s no aliens invading or giant tsunami waves or even an earth-killing meteor on its way. No, this classic keeps it simple. With Robert Aldrich in the director’s chair and Hollywood legend, James...