Review: ‘Aftershock’ Shakes Up the Earth Alongside Our Expectations
Sometimes, despite your best intentions, you’ll walk into a movie with negative preconceptions instead of an open mind. It happens… Read More
May 10, 2013
Reviews
Review: ‘Sightseers’ Sticks an Accidental Bonnie & Clyde in an RV with Dark and Hilarious Results
Editors’ note: Our Sightseers review originally ran during last year’s Fantastic Fest, but we’re re-posting it as the film gets… Read More
May 10, 2013
Review: The Nonsensical ‘Java Heat’ Makes Waste of Mickey Rourke
I believe Mickey Rourke to be one of the greatest actors of his generation. Thought to be the second coming… Read More
May 10, 2013
Review: Uneven ‘The Great Gatsby’ Is Baz Luhrmann At His Most Glittery, Over-the-Top, and Empty
“It’s like an amusement park!” a starry-eyed Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) announces without a trace of irony upon taking in… Read More
May 8, 2013
Stanley Film Fest 2013 Review: ‘Frankenstein’s Army’ Builds a Better Found-Footage Monster
“Original” isn’t a word often used in association with found footage films. Dull, repetitive, monotonous and generic are the adjectives… Read More
May 7, 2013
An Imagined (Yet Probably Accurate) Conversation Between the Directors of ‘Wither’
Editor’s note: Rob was so moved by his screening of Wither at the 2013 Stanley Film Festival that he was… Read More
May 6, 2013
Stanley Film Fest 2013 Review: ‘Beneath’ Is What Happens When Indie Directors Have Bills to Pay
There’s a certain point in Larry Fessenden’s new film, Beneath, that sees it move from being one of the year’s… Read More
May 4, 2013
Review: ‘The Source Family’ Sheds (Some) Light on the Most Productive Cult of the Seventies
Editor’s note: The Source Family is now in limited release, so go ahead and get hip to Kate’s SXSW review… Read More
May 4, 2013
Stanley Film Fest 2013 Review: ‘The Purge’ Leaves Little of Value Behind
When is a good old-fashioned home invasion movie not a good old-fashioned home invasion movie? When it sets itself in… Read More
May 3, 2013
Review: ‘Generation Um…’ Is Filled with Random Footage, Callgirls and Cupcakes
When used properly, Keanu Reeves can be quite effective. Perhaps his California slacker-voiced persona doesn’t fly in Bram Stoker’s Dracula,… Read More
May 3, 2013