This is one of the most terrifying films ever made, and also one of the most important.
It's a slice-of-life film about the family that lived next door to Auschwitz. Their patriarch was the concentration camp's Commandant. The film portrays him and his family as just normal people living a mundane, fairly bland life ... while 100 feet away, thousands of human bodies are incinerated every day. The screaming, the gunshots, and the churning of the furnace is all just…
This is SO much better than I was expecting! I rolled my eyes when I saw the trailer. It looked even more ridiculous than the Fast & Furious movies. As absurd as those films are, none of them have genetically-enhanced super soldiers. Like, what is this, the MCU?! But I think the secret ingredient that makes Hobbs & Shaw great is that it’s a COMEDY. It’s not even trying to hide it. The Fast & Furious movies are big, dumb, and loud with…
You need to go see this, because (A. Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel is a delight, (B. it’s bombing at the box office, and we don’t need Disney to be thinking that women-driven superhero films don’t make money, and (C. it’s just really fun!
Look, I know what you’re thinking: Marvel Fatigue. I’m feeling it too. I’ve been feeling it for a while. I mean, this is the THIRTY-THIRD film in the MCU for God’s sake. After Phase Three ended,…
Of the 11 I’ve watched so far this year, this film is one of my favorites—and is proof that you don’t need a big budget to make a great movie.
After Midnight, which was previously titled Something Else (no, LITERALLY, “Something Else”), is about a man, Hank (played by co-director Jeremy Gardner), who believes he’s being stalked by a monster ever since his longtime girlfriend Abby (Brea Grant) left him. The film alternates between flashbacks of Hank and Abby’s relationship,…
