We Didn’t Start the Fire
Promare by Matt Weiner As the first feature-length film from Studio Trigger (the studio behind the well-received TV series “Kill la Kill”), Promare has its work cut out for it.…read more →
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Pace that Kills
Running with the Devil by Hope Madden A tale told in bathrooms, Running with the Devil travels with The Cook (Nicolas Cage), a high ranking jefe in an international cocaine…read more →
Hell to Pay
Hell House LLC 3: Lake of Fire by Brandon Thomas I’m an easy mark for found footage movies. When done well, their use of unseen horror gets under my skin…read more →
I Don’t Want to Go Out—Week of September 16
Quiet week in home entertainment, but if you’re hankerin’ for a redhead (and who isn’t, really?) there are two options. Click the film title to link to the full review.…read more →
She-Wolves of Wall Street
Hustlers by George Wolf “You don’t have to believe me. I’m used to people not believing me.” “Destiny” (Constance Wu) is telling her tale to Elizabeth (Julia Stiles), a writer…read more →
Different Drum
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice by George Wolf You may have heard that Linda Ronstadt can’t sing anymore, her incredible instrument silenced by Parkinson’s disease. But Ronstadt’s harmonies…read more →
Running for Her Life
Brittany Runs a Marathon by George Wolf In a surprisingly touching circle of art and life and imitating, Brittany Runs a Marathon charts its main narrative course with humor, charm…read more →
Urban Jungle
Tigers Are Not Afraid by Hope Madden Comparing most films to Pan’s Labyrinth would be setting a bar too high. Guillermo del Toro’s macabre fable of war and childhood delivers…read more →
Born Again
Depraved by Hope Madden It is tough to find a fresh direction to take fiction published 201 years ago, let alone a tale already made into countless films. Is there…read more →