Son of Monarchs Review: A beautiful, complex, but at times puzzling film

The monarch butterfly is one of the most well known and studied butterflies on the planet, and it is also of tremendous cultural importance in Mexico, both for its beauty and for what it does for the tourism industry in Michoacán. But the butterfly has also become a symbol for

Wandavision Blends TV Nostalgia Into The Heart Of The MCU

Wandavision

Wandavision, which is Marvel Studio's first TV series to premiere on Disney+ this Friday, bringing Wanda Maximoff and Vision who are living their ideal suburban lives-begin to suspect that everything is not as It seems to our television screens. I had a chance to attend a press conference with the

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo in Lionsgate Comedy Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar Teaser Trailer

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar Trailer

Lionsgate has released a teaser trailer for their upcoming film, Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar, starring Kristen Wiig (Wonder Woman 1984) and Annie Mumolo (Bridesmaids). Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar  will center around best friends who leave their hometown behind to embark on a

HBO Max Releases Locked Down Official Trailer

Locked Down HBO Max

HBO Max has released the official trailer for their upcoming film, Locked Down, starring Academy Award® winner Anne Hathaway and Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor. Locked Down will center around a couple on the brink of separating forced to deal with their marital issues due to a mandatary lockdown. Rounding

Promising Young Woman Review: Emerald Fennell’s Debut Feature Veers From the Sweet Tale of Revenge It Promises

Promising Young Woman Review

In Charles Laughton’s, The Night of the Hunter, the film’s misogynistic serial killer protagonist, Rev. Harry Powell, says, “Not that you mind the killings. Your book is full of killings. But there are things you do hate, Lord. Perfume-smelling things. Lacy things. Things with curly hair.” Writer-director Emerald Fennell perfectly

Wolfwalkers Review: The Best And Most Beautiful Animated Movie Of The Year

Wolfwalkers Review

The search for the next Studio Ghibli is neverending. Though the answer is not one you can pinpoint easily, the latest film from the acclaimed Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, Wolfwalkers, feels like a strong contender. Taking visual cues from The Tale of Princess Kaguya and with a narrative that feels

Safety Review: A Heartwarming Tale of Brotherly Love

Safety Movie Review

Ray Ray McElrathbey (Jay Reeves) believes he’s made it. And who can blame him? He’s a red-shirt freshman playing safety for the Clemson Tigers football team. He has a dorm, is acing his classes, and is standing out in practice. But his dream comes under threat when his mother is

Black Bear Review: A Hilariously Chaotic, Gripping, Shocking, and Emotional Story of Artist and Muse

Black Bear Review

The sound of water moving to the gentle kiss of wind normally signals tranquillity. Our favorite lake, favorite beach, the place we want to run to for respite. But in an introduction with a score resembling Tibetan meditation music rising to create something much more piercing, and Aubrey Plaza’s blank

Mank Review: A Gorgeous Movie About Legacy And Failure That’s Devoid Of Emotion

Mank Netflix Review

David Fincher's Mank is brilliantly summarized by its titular character when he says "You cannot capture a man’s entire life in two hours. All you can hope is to leave an impression of one." Sadly, the impression Netflix's Oscar-hopeful leaves is not a very lasting one, but a surface-level, distant

Happiest Season Review: Director Clea DuVall Makes History and the Yuletide Gay With the Best Rom-Com of the Year

Happiest Season Review

The yuletide has never been gayer. The release of Happiest Season is a big moment for the closeted lovers of women out there who get stuck watching Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas with their mom every year where each film is either about a regular girl falling in love with a

Amazon Studios Sets 2021 Release Date for Coming 2 America Sequel

Coming 2 America

Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to Coming 2 America from Paramount Pictures. The sequel to the 1988 comedy cult classic Coming to America will launch worldwide in over 240 countries and territories on Prime Video on March 5, 2021. Director Craig Brewer (Dolemite Is My Name) will once again team up

Run Review: Aneesh Chaganty’s New Thriller Sets the Standard for Disability Representation in Film

Run Movie Review

In 2016, a Buzzfeed News article titled, “Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom Murdered,” was being obsessively read by everyone I knew. I couldn’t find anyone on Facebook who wasn’t sharing it; I couldn’t find anyone on Twitter who wasn’t tweeting about it. It’s

Tenet Will Be Available On on 4K, Blu Ray, DVD and Digital In Time for the Holidays

Tenet DVD

One of the best action films of the year will soon be available on digital and Blu-Ray next month! Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release Tenet on 4K, Blu Ray, DVD, and Digital on December 15. Tenet features an all-star cast with John David Washington (“BlacKkKlansman”), Robert Pattinson (“The Lighthouse,”

The Broken Hearts Gallery Available on Digital, DVD, and Blu-Ray™ This Month

The Broken Hearts Gallery DVD

One of my favorite romantic comedies of the year will soon be available on digital and Blu-Ray this month! Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release The Broken Hearts Gallery on digital November 10th and Blu-ray and DVD on November 17th. The film Stars Geraldine Viswanathan and  Dacre Montgomery and was released

The Witches Review: The Robert Zemeckis Re-Imagining Is a Hot, Camp Mess

The Witches 2020

When Roald Dahl saw the film adaptation of his novel, The Witches, in 1990, he called it “utterly appalling.” With a roster of world-class artists like director Robert Zemeckis taking a crack at adapting the classic work to film alongside Guillermo del Toro and Black-ish writer Kenya Barris, also with

The Haunting Of Bly Manor Review: Mike Flanagan Crafts Another Horror Winner That Will Make You Scream, Then Make You Cry Ugly Tears

The Haunting of Bly Manor

Mike Flanagan is one of the most interesting voices working in horror today, and it's baffling that he has only worked 9 years in the genre. Though he hasn't enjoyed the kind of mainstream success other horror auteurs like James Wan have enjoyed, his output the past decade is full

Robert Zemeckis’s The Witches Moves To HBO Max

The Witches Official Trailer

Warner Bros has released the official trailer for, The Witches which was set to premeire theatrically but will now head to HBO Max for its release. Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) will serve as director for the reimagined version of Roald Dahl's 1983 published novel along with co-writing the screenplay with Kenya

FAREWELL AMOR Review: A Family Drama That Comes Full Circle!

Farewell Amor Review

Farewell Amor takes a delicate look at an immigrant family that is reunited after being separated for 17 years and find themselves forever changed. Written and directed by Ekwa Msangi (Dollar Van), I screened it at the 2020 Urbanworld Film Festival. Farewell Amor is a story broken down into the three perspectives of our main

Netflix Provides First Official Look For Their Holiday Film Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY

Netflix has released the official first look to their upcoming holiday film, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey. Written and directed by David E. Talbert (Almost Christmas), the film will be a musical adenture led by Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker as Jeronicus Jangle who must work with his granddaugther (Madalen

Hulu Releases Official Trailer For New Horror Series Helstrom

Helstrom

Hulu has released the official trailer to their upcoming horror series, Helstrom. The series will center around brother and sister Daimon (Tom Austen) and Ana Helstrom (Sydney Lemmon) asthey use their skills to track down the darkest of souls. Be sure to check out the Hulu original series Helstrom official

Universal Pictures Releases The Croods: A New Age Official Trailer

The Croods: A New Age

Universal Pictures has released the official trailer to their upcoming animated film, The Croods: A New Age. The Croods: A New Age will serve as a sequel to its predecessor 2013's The Croods. The film's returning voice talents such as Nicolas Cage, Catherine Keener, Emma Stone, and Ryan Reynolds will return

‘The Devil All the Time’ Is an Explosive But Laborious Tale of Generational Violence

devil all the time

“There’s a lot of no good sons of bitches out there,” and The Devil All the Time has many. Based on the novel of the same name by Donald Ray Pollock – who provides insightful and contemplative narration –  the film begins with a map filling the screen that links