The timing could not have been more difficult for a film like Rebuilding to premiere at Sundance in January, shortly after the devastating LA wildfires. Writer/director Max Walker-Silverman offers a film set […]
Let’s start here: Wicked For Good is a film that should not exist. Not just because it’s not a very good film, but more broadly speaking, it just shouldn’t be […]
Even though the first The Family Plan came out only two years ago, you’ll be happy to know I remember next to nothing about it. But as its unnecessary sequel, […]
Words can barely convey how much I have always hated the Now You See Me movies. And the fact that Now You See Me: Now You Don’t director Ruben Fleischer […]
If you’ve only seen the 1987 adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man and never read the 1982 novel (originally published under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman, but written in 1973), […]
It’s hardly breaking news that Nicolas Cage has starred in some doozies over his long career. But I’ll fully admit, it’s because an actor of his caliber still takes a […]
Combining a family drama with the world’s obsession with truffles and truffle hunting (it’s a thing, trust me), filmmaker Gabriele Fabbro (The Grand Bolero) brings us Trifole, the story of […]
“Patrick is probably the most extraordinary person I’ve met.” — Jane Goodall The above quote was made about Patrick McCollum, whose list of jobs, experiences, and titles is not only lengthy, […]
I sometimes think about the shrinking of our world. Each leap in transportation—trains, cars, planes—has made trips shorter and less significant, sapping our sense of wonder. Werner Herzog once said, […]
On the heels of Music Box Theatre’s popular annual Halloween programming, Music Box of Horrors, the theater announced this week a new partnership to bring Los Angeles’ Beyond Fest to […]
Less a pure boxing film and more a tragic biopic with a hopeful ending, Christy chronicles the story of Christy Martin (Sydney Sweeney, looking almost unrecognizable in early scenes), who […]
Writer/director Guillermo del Toro has had a vision for his telling of author Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein for a couple of decades—not just the makeup and production design but also what […]