Theater Camp Review: Humor Gets Overworked in Impatient Mockumentary
Welcome to AdirondACTS Theater Camp in gorgeous upstate New York. Led by founder Joan Rubinsky (Amy Sedaris), the kids, a menagerie of the precocious and hyper...
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Scream VI Review: Slasher Franchise Returns to Form with Freewheeling Sense of Lunacy
With almost twenty-seven years under its belt and now a sixth installment to its name, the Scream movies have shifted focus yet again. The series once about it...
Scream Review: Slasher Franchise Returns with Daring Yet Dispiriting Sequel
There’s something dispiriting about the latest Scream. It’s an uncanny sort, though, the kind that makes its outcome even harder to swallow. The film's shortco...
House of Gucci Review: Ridley Scott Spins a Threadbare Family Saga
Upon sitting down to write about House of Gucci, I thought I’d open with a quote. There had to have been some line, however peripheral, that stuck. That wasn’t...
Halloween Kills Review: David Gordon Green’s Sequel Fails Its Audience
Where does one even begin with Halloween Kills? Is it paramount to speak of its content, which achieves the impossible of being so stretched out that it couldn...
Roadrunner Review: Anthony Bourdain Doc is Earnest Because it Feels Incomplete
Anthony Bourdain took his own life. It’s common knowledge. It’s not the most defining facet of his legacy, but he knew his death would be of interest. He talke...
Mama Weed Review: Isabelle Huppert Breaks Bad in Contrived French Caper
There’s something off about Mama Weed. On a more superfluous level, there’s the translation from La daronne—the original French title and the street name its p...
Till Death Review: Megan Fox Anchors a Contrived Survival Thriller
For its first act, Till Death tries keeping things muted. S.K. Dale directs his cast to deliver lines as if they’re somewhere between whispering and talking; c...
Sundance Review: El Planeta is a Clever, Brisk, and Droll Mother-Daughter Movie
In a café in Gijón, Spain, Leonor (Amalia Ulman) sits with a cup of coffee. An older man (Nacho Vigalondo) approaches her and joins her, and the two start disc...
Sundance Review: Marvelous and the Black Hole Whiplashes Between Dark Humor and Family Fun
To put it simply, Sammy (Miya Cech) isn’t doing too well. She’s as angsty as any other 13-year-old on a good day and vandalizing school on a bad one, assuming ...
