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Top 10 Films of 2021
PHOTOS: Amazon Studios, Netflix, MGM, Searchlight Pictures 2021 was a surprisingly great year for movies, which was much needed after the...

Saxon Whitehead
Jan 6, 202210 min read


'Don't Look Up': A Political Allegory That Wastes Its Potential
PHOTO: Netflix Of all the words you might use to describe Adam McKay's filmmaking style, "subtle" would not be one of them. While he made...

Saxon Whitehead
Dec 29, 20217 min read


'Licorice Pizza': Paul Thomas Anderson's Sunny Coming of Age Odyssey
PHOTO: MGM A new film from Paul Thomas Anderson is always bound to cause some excitement regardless of its quality. Anderson tends to...

Saxon Whitehead
Dec 28, 20216 min read


'The Matrix Resurrections': A Subversive Sequel That Reckons with Its Own Existence
PHOTO: Warner Bros. Pictures It's a fair assumption that most people tend to think of The Matrix franchise, they think of the original...

Saxon Whitehead
Dec 24, 20216 min read


'West Side Story': A Lively, Beautiful Update of a Classic Musical
PHOTO: 20th Century Studios It's no secret that a movie musical is a tricky feat for any filmmaker to pull off. Most musicals are adapted...

Saxon Whitehead
Dec 23, 20216 min read


'Nightmare Alley': Guillermo Del Toro Embraces the Darkness in Immersive, Stylish Thriller
PHOTO: Searchlight Pictures If you were asked to come up with one defining trademark seen throughout all of Guillermo Del Toro's work,...

Saxon Whitehead
Dec 22, 20215 min read


'Spider-Man: No Way Home': A Surprisingly Emotional, Exciting Crowdpleaser
PHOTO: Marvel Studios DISCLAIMER: This review may contain minor spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home . While I do not reveal any major...

Saxon Whitehead
Dec 20, 20215 min read


'Belfast': A Heartfelt, Yet Restrained, Feel-Good Movie
PHOTO: Focus Features With its black and white photography, semi-autobiographical nature, and the fact that it's a passion project for...

Saxon Whitehead
Dec 9, 20214 min read


'The Power of the Dog': Jane Campion Returns with an Incredible, Understated Western
PHOTO: Netflix There is a rough, grimy sense of unease that permeates Jane Campion's latest film The Power of the Dog. But underneath the...

Saxon Whitehead
Dec 4, 20216 min read


5 Films I'm Looking Forward To (December 2021)
PHOTOS: Netflix/Warner Bros. Pictures/Searchlight Pictures We have finally made it to the end of the year, and for movie fans, it truly...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 30, 20219 min read


'Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm': An Old Fashioned Fairytale
PHOTO: Level 33 Entertainment In the Kingdom of Rhythm, everyone loves to sing and dance. From the citizens, to the friendly animals, it...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 29, 20213 min read


'House of Gucci': A Decadent, Bloated Melodrama
PHOTO: MGM Based on the trailers and marketing for House of Gucci , I went in expecting to see a campy, over-the-top movie. Between the...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 29, 20216 min read


'Tick, Tick... Boom!": A Love Letter to Jonathan Larson, Broadway, and the Creative Process
PHOTO: Netflix In January 1996, the musical Rent was getting ready to begin its off-Broadway run. Just one day before it was scheduled to...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 28, 20216 min read


'King Richard': Will Smith Shines in an Otherwise Standard Biopic
PHOTO: Warner Bros. Pictures Venus and Serena Williams have had legendary careers in the world of tennis. Even people who don't follow...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 24, 20216 min read


'Eternals': An Interesting, Messy Outing for Chloé Zhao and the MCU
PHOTO: Marvel Studios I find it fascinating that Marvel, one of the biggest, most profitable forces in modern mainstream cinema, decided...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 23, 20217 min read


'Ghostbusters: Afterlife': A Middling, Nostalgia-Fueled Sequel
PHOTO: Sony Pictures Entertainment Of all the films of the 1980s, very few have had such a long-lasting cultural impact as 1984's...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 21, 20215 min read


'Spencer': A Meditative Portrait of a True Icon
PHOTO: Neon It's no secret that Diana, Princess of Wales, has a bit of a complicated legacy. While she was beloved by many for her...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 18, 20215 min read


'Mass': A Haunting and Thought Provoking Slow-Burn
PHOTO: Bleecker Street On paper, a dialogue-heavy film that takes place almost entirely in one room doesn't seem too cinematic. You would...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 16, 20215 min read


'The French Dispatch': A Loving Ode to Art and The People Who Create It
PHOTO: Searchlight Pictures Wes Anderson has made a name for himself as one of today's most well-known filmmakers. From his humble...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 14, 20215 min read


5 Films I'm Looking Forward To (November 2021)
PHOTOS: Neon/Focus Features/MGM Welcome to a new series I will be doing every month where I take a look at five films being released in...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 4, 20218 min read
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