Movie Reviews

M Night Shyamalan has always been a terrific storyteller. Regardless of repeating his “big twist ending” one too many times or if he’s gone off the deep end with self-indulgence, good stories are always there at the start. It’s how he polishes and finishes them in his own particular way that either sells the film […]

There’s something electric about a movie featuring two strangers meeting and spending the day in each other’s company. Somehow, this happens to patently uncool 20-somethings; from Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise to Harold Jackson III’s Last Night, the awkwardness of the situation is further exacerbated by how different the pair’s lives are. Maybe one of them […]

Alice, Darling is a snapshot of a woman in hell. Completely lost and drained of life, it takes two women to bring her back to the land of the living, and even their combined efforts still might not be able to break through. We’re put right in the titular Alice’s (Anna Kendrick) physical and mental […]

Calling itself “an unabashed love letter to Sam Raimi’s EVIL DEAD series,” Fabián Forte’s Legions (original Spanish title: Legiones) is content to take a completely different approach altogether to the fight against the undead: playing it absolutely straight. That’s not to say there’s no physical comedy or gore in the film; on the contrary, there […]

Sometimes, you go into movies with some sense of what to expect. But when a film’s tone runs a wide gamut from straightforward western to comedy to drama to social commentary, aided by a score pitched just as mightily – such as The Old Way does – the viewing experience is a bit head-scratching. Director […]

Much like any “stranger in a strange land” film, Kitchen Brigade (original French title: La Brigade) mines its comedy and tension from two disparate factions having to learn about each other. There’s the initial standoff, followed by a gradual armistice which leads to understanding and cooperation. And, of course, who can forget the happy-happy endings […]