by John Wildman | May 10, 2018 | Theatrical Reviews
Bill Oliver’s first feature film Jonathan arrives into a sort of renaissance moment for sci-fi anthology tales. Employing near-future brain science tropes reminiscent in some ways of last year’s Get Out, fans of the British Netflix series Black Mirror will be able to...
by Miguel Cima | May 8, 2018 | Theatrical Reviews
Sometimes, when documentaries rely entirely on raw footage with no narration and no interviewer, things can drag and fall into a distracting flurry of events which endanger audience engagement. And then there are films like director Stephanie Wang-Breal’s Blowin’ Up...
by Miguel Cima | May 8, 2018 | Theatrical Reviews
If there’s any guerilla street artist that has gotten way too much hype this past decade or so, it’s Banksy. How many documentaries have been done about him? So much hype surrounds the mystery graffiti bomber, it can get fatiguing. And so, it is with great pleasure to...
by Miguel Cima | May 8, 2018 | Theatrical Reviews
It may seem obvious to point out, but the trouble with most biopics (if not all) is that you can’t ever really tell if the film has been accurate and fair in its depiction of its subject. Watching director Ondi Timoner’s Mapplethorpe, the audience is left with a very...
by Miguel Cima | Apr 24, 2018 | Theatrical Reviews
Just when you thought every possible zombie movie variation has been done, here comes The Night Eats the World to prove us all wrong. Fans who want to see maximum kills and inventive new gore moments need not apply. But anybody fatigued from the same old survivalist...
by Miguel Cima | Mar 6, 2018 | Theatrical Reviews
Having watched Pascal Plante’s feature film debut Fake Tattoos, I have been puzzled at just why it was so tense to bear, and why it made me feel so uncomfortable going on two days now. On the surface, this is a pretty straightforward boy-meets-girl tale. For anyone...
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