River of Dreams
The Peanut Butter Falcon by George Wolf Zack Gottsagen wanted to be a movie star. Filmmakers Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz told Zack there just weren’t many roles available for…read more →
Dakota Johnson
Dance Macabre
Suspiria by George Wolf Seventies horror has had a damn good month. Just weeks after David Gordon Green gave 1978’s Halloween the sequel it deserved, director Luca Guadagnino re-imagines 1977’s…read more →
No-tell Motel
Bad Times at the El Royale by George Wolf A priest and a vacuum salesman walk into a bar… Well, one may not be a priest, the other might not…read more →
You Can’t Punish in Here. This is the Red Room of Pain!
Fifty Shades Freed by Matt Weiner Boiling down the Fifty Shades movies into a capsule summary has always felt a bit like playing Mad Libs with a head injury, and…read more →
Sloppy Seconds
Fifty Shades Darker by Matt Weiner The latest installment in the Fifty Shades trilogy, to its credit, could very well be an ingenious meta-joke on the audience regarding punishment and…read more →
A Beautiful Trainwreck
A Bigger Splash by Christie Robb Remember that infamous high school math problem about the trains? You know, the one where two trains leave different cities heading toward each other…read more →
How to Borrow Liberally
How to be Single by Hope Madden Upending rom-com clichés has become its own cliché, and yet, with the right minds and talent, it can still be a fresh and…read more →
Got Wood?
Fifty Shades of Grey by Christie Robb Let’s face it, Fifty Shades of Grey is probably not going to be nominated for an Oscar. It’s not the movie you watch…read more →