By Watched Apr 04, 2022 As much as I wish I could throw my full support behind a new movie that is both based on an original idea (not a part of any franchise or “multiverse”) and less than two hours long (both something of a minor miracle in 2022), I
Kierre’s Review of Elvis 2022 ★★½
Watched Jul 10, 2022 Elvis is the Biopic starring Austin Butler as Elvis Presley. This film is directed by Baz Luhrmann and co-stars Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker who was Elvis’s Business Partner/Manger. The film chronicles Elvis Presley’s life and premature death and his influence on Rock ‘n’ Roll
Venice International Film Festival 2022: PRINCESS and BANU
The Venice International Film Festival is always a ground for diverse and international filmmaking, with this year’s edition being no exception. Both Princess and Banu are feature film efforts that concern strong female protagonists, both of whom are fighting very different battles in life. And while Princess falters in its
‘BARBARIAN’ Is Part ‘DON’T BREATHE’, Part ‘WRONG TURN’ and it Rules
Something Wicked This Way Comes Between 2016’s Don’t Breathe and Barbarian, there’s an emergent sub-genre of horror: Detroit Dystopia. Both films put the urban wreckage of the city’s broken ecosystem under the spotlight to set the scene for unspeakable horrors. Barbarian, if not directly inspired by Fede Alvarez’s 2016 horror hit, shares a lot of the same DNA and…
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022) Secrets are buried just beneath the surface. One thing I think is true of criticism is that you have to approach any given genre fairly. You’re not the person to review horror movies if you hate horror movies because you’re not going to appreciate how