Movies
Here is our archive of movie coverage, which includes reviews, explainers, features, lists, and more from the latest films.
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Son review – horror thriller about parenthood and the inescapable nature of the past
When watching a film or reading a story that features a cult, the audience usually has to contend with at least one unreliable narrator. The...
Lucky (Shudder) review – light in style, yet hopeless underneath
Lucky is titled as such because of the myriad ways the word is used towards women who have been in what many would call unlucky...
Dementer review – almost the definition of psychological horror
Just a couple of days ago, I wrote that it’s often impossible to know who or what to believe in films that feature cults. The...
Tom and Jerry review – a painfully dull animated comedy
The new HBO Max film of the week is Tom and Jerry and it’s painfully bad. Woefully bad. I know there is something to say...
The Girl on the Train (2021) Ending Explained – What Happened to Nusrat?
The 2021 Hindi remake of The Girl on the Train is terrible garbage. But, while it mimics the structure and many of the twists of...
Crazy About Her – the ending explained
This article discusses the ending of the Spanish Netflix film Crazy About Her, so it will contain major spoilers. Read the review. With Adri throwing...
Crazy About Her review – a bizzare but welcoming romantic plot
This review of the Netflix Spanish film Crazy About Her contains no spoilers. The romance was released on the streaming service on February 26, 2021. ...
The Girl on the Train (2021) Review – A Woeful Adaptation
The 2016 Hollywood adaptation of The Girl on the Train, adapted from a convoluted potboiler by Paula Hawkins, was not a very good film. But...
Bigfoot Family Ending Explained – Does Rocky Valley Survive?
Bigfoot Family, the three-years-in-the-making sequel to 2017’s Son of Bigfoot, is a decent animated family film that is unfortunately mired by a second-half that descends into...
Bigfoot Family Review – Stellar Animation Gets Lost in the Wilderness
To its credit, Bigfoot Family accomplishes something many films in its genre don’t by appealing to both the kids and the long-suffering adults who have...
Geez & Ann Ending Explained – Do They Get Back Together?
Throughout the film, Geez and Ann are separated by a single problem — Geez’s mother. She’s adamant that Geez follows her youth, her educational path,...
Geez & Ann Review – A Romantic Film with the Right Intentions but with Misplaced Execution
With Netflix releasing a flurry of romantic films, including the third in the trilogy for To All the Boys, recent releases have a job to inspire...
Cherry (2021) Ending Explained – What Was Cherry Trying To Do?
The Tom Holland film, Cherry, was purchased by Apple Tv + for 40 million dollars to have the worldwide rights to stream the Russo brothers...
Cherry (2021) Review – A Scattershot Substance Abuse Drama
You have to wonder if Marvel tried to convince Tom Holland to pass on Cherry. Even if the Russo brothers (behind Avengers; Mosul; The Gray...
Pelé review – a surprisingly frank exploration of national and personal identity
This review of Pelé on Netflix contains spoilers. Most of what you hear about Pelé is that he’s the best footballer who ever lived, at...
What Lies Below review – too good to be true?
Just as some film lovers have learned not to trust what critics write, I need to take the marketing write-ups I receive with a pinch...
Mafia Inc review – a French-Canadian-infused Montreal mafioso tale
French-Canadian filmmaker Daniel Grou’s (also frequently credited as “Podz”) filmography is known for violent fare that some have claimed borders on torture porn. The reason...
Top 10 Live-Action Supervillains
A hero is only as good as his villain. The rise of comic book movies and TV shows in live-action has seen many mainstream viewers...