Directed and co-written by Matteo Garrone and based on works of 17th century Italian poet Giambattista Basile, Tale of Tales is a deliciously dark and twisted fairy tale come to life. Its disconnected narrative however, keeps it from truly coming together as a movie. There are three main stories in Tale of Tales, each concerning […]
Directed by Jim Hosking and written by Hosking and Toby Harvard, The Greasy Strangler is a deliberately awful and crass gross-out comedy that might get a few laughs against your better judgment. Ronnie (Michael St. Michaels) runs a Disco walking tour of the city with his son Brayden (Sky Elobar), who also lives with him. […]
The Intervention, written, directed by and starring Clea DuVall is a solid comedy/drama that has a little too much going on for its relatively short runtime. Four couples go on a weekend getaway, but unbeknownst to one of them, the trip is actually intended as an intervention for their declining marriage. Ruby (Cobie Smulders) and Peter (Vincent […]
Morris from America is an endearing coming-of-age story that carries itself largely on the back of its likable cast of characters and intriguing premise, but too often relies on familiar tropes to truly stand out. Morris (Markees Christmas) is a 13 year old American that is living with his father Curtis (Craig Robinson) in Germany. […]
Weiner, directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg is a behind-the-scenes documentary that captures the immediacy and pressure of an unfolding political scandal, but only scratches the surface of its namesake. In 2013, former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner ran for Mayor of New York, a campaign that was ultimately undone by his second widely publicized […]
Indignation, written and directed by James Schamus and based on the Philip Roth novel of the same name, is a period drama with high production values that’s brought down primarily by a miscast Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower) as its main character. Marcus Messner (Lerman), a working-class Jewish student from […]
Trailer Round-Up is a brief look at some of the latest movie trailers and teasers. Check them out below. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, directed by Zack Snyder and written by David S. Goyer and Chris Terrio, is the follow-up to 2013’s Man of Steel. With […]
