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Who doesn’t love a good heist film? I sure do, and I may argue that it’s hard not to make
The Burnt Orange Heresy review – a dull, uneven adaption of a Willeford novel A Bad Romance" href="https://readysteadycut.com/2020/03/22/the-burnt-orange-heresy-review/">Read moreThere have been so many coming of age comedies since Dazed and Confused that they all have been repeated, copied,
Big Time Adolescence review – huh, okay. Grown-ish" href="https://readysteadycut.com/2020/03/22/big-time-adolescence-hulu-review/">Read moreThe Platform (Netflix) quite literally makes a meal of its metaphors, but perhaps in our thoroughly divided age, that’s just
The Platform review – an unsubtle anti-capitalism horror with plenty to chew on Eat Your Fill" href="https://readysteadycut.com/2020/03/20/the-platform-netflix-review/">Read moreThe timing either couldn’t be better or couldn’t be worse for Francesco Lettieri’s debut feature Ultras (Netflix), a solid drama about hooliganism
Ultras review – hooliganism runs rampant in this debut feature Boys' Club" href="https://readysteadycut.com/2020/03/20/ultras-netflix-review/">Read more
With her debut feature Make Up, writer/director Claire Oakley seems to posit that the most frightening yet fulfilling undertaking we
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The Surrogate is a portrait of the immense strain on our personal relationships when faced with a complex moral dilemma.
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The Carnivores is a movie about love on the rocks. There’s Brett (Lindsay Burdge) and her dog Harvie. Brett loves
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The blurred lines between real life and performance in the internet age have become an increasingly potent topic to investigate.
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Ray keeps hearing that he should get a quantum computer. Set in what director Noah Hutton describes as a “parallel
Read moreI wrote a special feature for the good people of Ready Steady Cut last fall celebrating the 20-year anniversary of
Lost Girls review – a film that is hard to recommend or disregard The Missing" href="https://readysteadycut.com/2020/03/13/lost-girls-netflix-review/">Read moreThere has been much negative controversy on social media over the new horror-thriller The Hunt, from director Craig Zobel. However,
The Hunt review – a gory good time that bleeds red and blue Red-State vs. Blue-State" href="https://readysteadycut.com/2020/03/11/the-hunt-review/">Read moreI can’t think of many superstars who built a career with lasting legs based on a single (and everlasting) film series
Bloodshot review – about as common an action-adventure film as O+ Spattered" href="https://readysteadycut.com/2020/03/11/bloodshot-review/">Read moreThere are so many things that could have gone wrong in Gavin O’Connor’s latest sports film, The Way Back. He
The Way Back review – a smart script that doesn’t turn the ball over Rock Bottom" href="https://readysteadycut.com/2020/03/09/the-way-back-review/">Read moreThe knock on Marco Bellocchio’s Il traditore since premiering in 2019 at Cannes is the disorganized way the script handles
The Traitor review – an unconventional mafia tale that’s a brutal knockout Our Godfather" href="https://readysteadycut.com/2020/03/09/the-traitor-review/">Read moreOur Godfather is an interesting case study — fascinating really, in taking away the Hollywood lore of most gangster films for
Our Godfather review – a polarizing documentary feature The Traitor" href="https://readysteadycut.com/2020/03/09/our-godfather-review/">Read moreThe sole reason to seek out the ever-eclectic Michael Winterbottom’s satirical dark comedy Greed is the performance by longtime collaborator, Steve Coogan.
Greed review – a bullish, satirical dark comedy A Bullish Film" href="https://readysteadycut.com/2020/03/06/greed-review-a-bullish-satirical-dark-comedy/">Read more
Spenser Confidential tells the story of ex-cop Spenser, a cop that is the epitome of moral code until he ends
Read moreMarch 10th marks the release date for Netflix’s Carmen Sandiego: To Steal or Not to Steal, an interactive special that will
Carmen Sandiego: To Steal or Not to Steal Netflix review – an undemanding but amusing interactive special Style Choice" href="https://readysteadycut.com/2020/03/04/carmen-sandiego-to-steal-or-not-to-steal-netflix-review/">Read moreThe Basque filmmaking team of Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, and Jose Mari Geonaga follow Flower and Giant with The Endless
The Endless Trench review – love blossoms under the floorboards in this Spanish drama Mole'd" href="https://readysteadycut.com/2020/02/29/the-endless-trench-netflix-review/">Read moreIt’s Pokemon Day! And while I had no idea that was even a day we paid attention to, Netflix has
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back — Evolution review – a flashy, charmless remake The film used CG makeover... it wasn't very effective" href="https://readysteadycut.com/2020/02/27/pokemon-mewtwo-strikes-back-evolution-netflix-review/">Read more
