by Lauryn Gilfilan | Nov 24, 2025 | Movie Reviews, Opinion
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s 2014 movie, “Birdman: The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance” has got to be one of the most inventive and creative ideas of the decade. This cinematic work blends an emotionally driven story about attempting to stay relevant with the technical...
by Lauryn Gilfilan | Nov 19, 2025 | Movie Reviews, Opinion
Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine,” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in a redefining career performance as MMA legend Mark Kerr, gives us a compelling yet brief glimpse into Kerr’s life as one of the mixed martial arts fighters of its early days. The...
by Bryce Bicknell | Nov 19, 2025 | Movie Reviews, Opinion
“Black Phone 2,” directed by Scott Derrickson, is a sequel to “The Black Phone,” which came out in 2021. Largely, the film tackles the same themes as the first, but more directly, and I would argue, less effectively. There will be spoilers for the first movie in this...
by Bryce Bicknell | Nov 13, 2025 | Movie Reviews
“The Astronaut,” directed by Jess Varley, is certainly a film; kind of like how bugs are certainly edible. It is a film, but that does not make it good, or even interesting. Though, to give the movie credit, it finally engaged me near the end for all the wrong...
by Lauryn Gilfilan | Nov 13, 2025 | Movie Reviews
“Chainsaw Man-The Movie: Reze Arc” is a film that proves anime features can be both visually and emotionally appealing. This is studio MAPPA’s first theatrical adaptation of the hit manga “Chainsaw Man,” as it continues the story with the same brutal and bizarre life...
by Bryce Bicknell | Nov 5, 2025 | Movie Reviews
When watching “Vicious” the first thing that comes to mind is average. The movie was in fact so average that, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the film’s theatrical release was scrapped by Paramount and moved to streaming, showing how little confidence the studio...
