Happy Anniversary, Now Shut Up!
Le Week-End by George Wolf When my brother and I were kids, we would quietly laugh anytime our grandparents traded caustic put-downs, which, the older they got, was…read more →
Archive For April, 2014
Moving Films, Impeccable Performances For Your Queue
The wonderful, must-see Chilean import Gloria drops on home audiences today, boasting a beautiful performance by Paulina Garcia in the lead role. A sort of coming-of-middle-age tale, it’s a film…read more →
This Week’s Countdown is Off Like a Prom Dress
It’s almost May…what’s that I smell? Lilacs? Goose poop? Fresh spring roadkill? Nope, it’s that similar fragrance mashup of boutonnieres, hair spray, and desperation that equals prom. Let’s all relive…read more →
Mad Science..Rarely Beneficial
The Quiet Ones by Hope Madden Like many other genre fans, I was cautiously and nostalgically optimistic when a Dutch company bought the Brit horror producer Hammer Films with the…read more →
Let’s Forget It Ever Happened
The Other Woman by George Wolf “Take the lawyer, the wife and the boobs, and you’ve got the perfect killing machine.” That’s about as funny as The Other…read more →
The Name Says It All
Alien Abduction by Hope Madden You have to give director Matty Beckerman and his Alien Abduction cast and crew credit. They do the most they can with what they…read more →
Endless Summer
It Felt Like Love by George Wolf Writer/director Eliza Hittman makes a startling feature debut with It Felt Like Love, an in-the-moment take on teenage sexuality that’s worth a…read more →
Two for Your Queue, If You Can Handle Them
Israel’s hypnotic fairy tale nightmare Big Bad Wolves releases today. We follow one driven cop, one driven-to-madness father, and one milquetoast teacher accused of the most heinous imagined acts.…read more →
Countdown: Record Store Movie Days
Over the weekend, vinyl nerds the world over celebrated Record Store Day. Well, we want to keep the party going with a trip through a celluloid world where vinyl still…read more →
Handsome Artificial Intelligence, Dumb Movie
Transcendence by Hope Madden Johnny Depp fans could use a little good news. The genuine talent hasn’t made a film worth watching since 2011’s Rango, and that was a cartoon…read more →