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Posterized March 2015: ‘It Follows,’ ‘Chappie,’ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter,’ and More

“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill seats. Oftentimes they fail miserably....

[Review] The Lazarus Effect

I came upon a bittersweet revelation while watching Olivia Wilde wreak paranormal havoc on her co-workers in The Lazarus Effect: the tried-and-true horror trope...

[Review] Focus

You know that moment in a con movie where you're shown an elaborate sequence full of subtle background action without knowing exactly what's happening until the...

[Review] Digging Up The Marrow

One look at Ray Wise, with his creased, worried face and troubled pale-blue eyes, and you’d believe he’s actually seen a hidden underground world of monsters. T...

[Review] The DUFF

The DUFF, an earnest high-school comedy that mostly feels like the dried-out, overheated leftovers of John Hughes, wants to deal in "the truth," using a ridicul...

[Review] McFarland, USA

I entered the theater expecting McFarland, USA to be a Million Dollar Arm redux with Latinos in place of Indians. What director Niki Caro actually delivered was...