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[Review] Independence Day: Resurgence

Twenty years after Independence Day ramped up cinema’s obsession with mass destruction, its sequel ricochets between repetition and semi-clever subversion. Lond...

[Review] Free State of Jones

In cinema, differentiating it from most other mediums, one has the ability to give life to drama: time to flesh out characters, fill an unfolding story with int...

[Review] The Shallows

The sun is shining on a pristine, secluded beach -- a kind of cove consisting of white sand, a coral reef, and an outlying island that looks like a woman in rep...

[Review] Les Cowboys

Excepting the chance that some very obvious parallels went over a critic’s head, there's nary a review of Thomas Bidegain’s Les Cowboys that lacks mention of Jo...

[Review] The Phenom

I admittedly didn't think too much on The Phenom after watching its trailer. There was a good cast, its look behind the curtain of fame seemed intriguing, and t...

[Review] Clown

Inside Out notwithstanding, it’s been awhile since cinema attempted to make clowns scary again, or at least use them as the central focus of a horror piece. Che...

[Review] Land and Shade

Inside a darkened bedroom in Colombia, a son (Edison Raigosa) gasps for air. His family is surrounding his fragile frame, looking on in anguish as he lets out c...