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'Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget': A Charming, Family-Friendly Sequel
When a film gets a sequel decades after the original, it makes sense to approach it with a healthy dose of skepticism. In most cases,...

Saxon Whitehead
Dec 15, 20235 min read


'The Boy and the Heron': An Astonishing Masterpiece from Hayao Miyazaki
In a year where we have been fortunate enough to get new films from some of the most legendary masters of cinema, there have been a...

Saxon Whitehead
Dec 12, 20235 min read


'Dream Scenario': Nicolas Cage is Superb in Wonderfully Strange Satire
A film in which people randomly begin seeing Nicolas Cage in their dreams sounds like the type of project that someone might make up as a...

Saxon Whitehead
Dec 6, 20236 min read


'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes': A Thoroughly Exhilarating Prequel
Of all the YA series set in a dystopian world that became wildly popular in the 2010s, none have been anywhere near as successful as The...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 30, 20237 min read


'Next Goal Wins': A Huge Miss from Taika Waititi
There are few filmmakers who have had such a drastic fall from grace like Taika Waititi. He emerged as an exciting new indie filmmaker in...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 29, 20236 min read


'The Marvels': A Fun and Fast-Paced MCU Adventure
With every new entry that is added to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I find myself becoming more and more disinterested with the...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 28, 20235 min read


'Saltburn': A Stylish Thriller That Lacks Substance
There are few filmmakers who have rose to prominence in the past few years who are as divisive as Emerald Fennell. Her debut feature,...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 27, 20238 min read


'Napoleon': A Visually Stunning, Occasionally Messy Historical Epic
Based on the trailers and other promotional materials, it certainly seemed like Napoleon aimed to be a old-fashioned historical epic, not...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 24, 20236 min read


'Thanksgiving': A Fun, Flawed Holiday Slasher
One of the more memorable aspects of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's 2007 double feature event Grindhouse is definitely the fake...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 23, 20236 min read


'Maestro': Bradley Cooper Soars as Actor and Director in Spectacular Biopic
Given how successful Bradley Cooper's directorial debut A Star is Born was, it's a little surprising that it has taken him five years to...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 22, 20237 min read


'Leo': Adam Sandler Charms in Uneven Animated Comedy
It doesn't matter how old I am or what the project is, I will always be curious about anything that Adam Sandler is in. Yes, a fair...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 21, 20235 min read


'Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain': A Promising, Yet Scattershot Debut
Please Don't Destroy, the comedy trio who went from posting sketch videos on YouTube to becoming writers and making pre-recorded sketches...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 20, 20237 min read


'May December': A Bold Drama That's As Uncomfortable As It Is Brilliant
There is a scene close to halfway through Todd Haynes's latest film, May December, in which the characters played by Natalie Portman and...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 17, 20237 min read


'Rustin': Colman Domingo Shines in Otherwise Average Biopic
When it comes to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, most people likely think of important figures such as Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, or...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 16, 20236 min read


'Priscilla': Sofia Coppola Delivers a Quietly Affecting Biopic
While watching Priscilla, the latest film from Sofia Coppola, it was hard for me not to think about Baz Luhrmann's Elvis from last year....

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 15, 20235 min read


'The Holdovers': A Holiday Comedy That is Both Heartwarming and Heartbreaking
The holidays are a strange time for a lot of people. For some, it truly is "the most wonderful time of the year". For others, it is a...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 9, 20237 min read


'Nyad': A Tepid, Feel-Good Biopic
When you go to see an inspirational sports movie, you more or less know what you're getting yourself into. Nine times out of ten, these...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 2, 20235 min read


'The Killer': David Fincher Goes Back to His Roots in Masterful Thriller
From the opening title sequence of David Fincher's latest film, The Killer, it appears that we are in for something similar to his early...

Saxon Whitehead
Oct 27, 20237 min read


'Killers of the Flower Moon': A Staggering, Haunting Epic from Martin Scorsese
There are few filmmakers currently working that have had as phenomenal of a run as Martin Scorsese has had over the past decade....

Saxon Whitehead
Oct 22, 20237 min read


'The Royal Hotel': A Subtle, Yet Unflinching Tale of Workplace Misogyny
Kitty Green's debut feature, The Assistant, is a tense, claustrophobic thriller that acts as a perfect indictment of toxic masculinity...

Saxon Whitehead
Oct 11, 20236 min read
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