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Caught Stealing is a Throwback, Simple Crime Thriller That Mostly Entertains
Fresh off directing Brendan Fraser’s Oscar winning comeback role in 2022’s The Whale, director Darren Aronofsky returns to theaters with a throwback crime thriller. In Caught Stealing, Hank (Austin Butler) is a baseball obsessed California boy now working…
Read More »Highest 2 Lowest is a Mostly Worthy Reimagining of a Classic
Longtime collaborators Spike Lee and Denzel Washington have returned to the big screen for their fifth collaboration with their most ambitious film yet, Highest 2 Lowest, a reinterpretation of the 1963 Akira Kurosawa classic High and Low which…
Read More »Weapons More Than Lives Up to Its Already Storied Hype
To say that Weapons, the latest film from rising writer/director Zach Cregger, enters theaters on a hype train may be a bit of an understatement. The script was a hot commodity in Hollywood, building whispers of its high…
Read More »Together is a Pleasant Surprise
“So lucky few we are who become whole.” Real life married couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco bring their actual chemistry to the big screen in a modern horror film that explores teetering relationships and the supernatural. Together…
Read More »The Naked Gun Lives Up To Its Legacy
Comedy has been on the wane in multiplexes over the past decade as the action-comedy stylings of the comic book movie genre has overtaken the mid-budget laughs of straightforward humorous fare. Now, a beloved parody franchise is being…
Read More »Eddington is Overstuffed and Unfocused
Ari Aster has been one of the hottest new names in the director’s chair following the success of 2018’s Hereditary and 2019’s Midsommar. Following the divisive Beau is Afraid released in 2023 (Martin Scorsese loved it at least),…
Read More »The Old Guard 2 is a Serviceable, Slight Regression From Its Predecessor
The Old Guard was a pleasant surprise when it was released on Netflix in 2020, introducing a team of immortal assassins who traveled the world saving people before finding a new recruit and helping her navigate eternal life….
Read More »F1 is a High Octane Throwback Action Film
Fresh off the overwhelming success of the 2022 legacy sequel Top Gun Maverick, director Joseph Kosinski is back with another high octane action film set in the world of sports. Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was a hot shot,…
Read More »Drop is an Inspired Hitchcockian Thriller
A new mystery thriller hit theaters as Drop introduces us to Violet (Meghann Fahy), a widowed mother who after a tragic encounter with her abusive husband is finally embarking back out on the dating scene. She agrees to…
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Sorry, Baby is a Character Study on Processing Trauma
Sorry, Baby introduces us to Agnes (Eva Victor), a graduate student preparing to finish her thesis in a small college town while nurturing her longtime friendship with Lydie (Naomi Ackie). While finishing her studies, Agnes has a traumatic…
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