Reviews
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If Nothing Else, The Mind’s Eye Is the Best Scanners Sequel We Never Got
Read more of our Fantastic Fest 2015 coverage here. David Cronenberg’s 1981 psychic thriller Scanners is remembered and held in high regard almost exclusively for its…
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Assassination Classroom Is Bonkers In the Best Possible Ways
Encore Films Read more of our Fantastic Fest 2015 coverage here. Bear with me on this one as it’s going to get weird – like To…
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Der Bunker Has Fun With World Capitals and Open Leg Wounds
Artsploitation Films Read more of our Fantastic Fest 2015 coverage here. An unnamed college student (Pit Bukowski, Der Samurai) arrives at a remote house looking for…
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Is a Fantastic Sequel and an Even Better Sci-Fi Adventure
20th Century Fox 2014’s The Maze Runner is not a great movie. It features an intriguing setup to be sure – a teen with no memory,…
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Everest Reaches Heights But Lacks Depth
Universal Pictures The image of mountain climbers trekking knowingly past the dead bodies of those who came and failed before them is a haunting one.…
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Black Mass Could Have Used a Hail Mary
Warner Bros. Movies about real-life organized crime figures are a genre unto themselves, and like other genres they often fall victim to an expected, generic…
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The Beauty Inside and Brave Men’s Blood Challenge Genre Expectations
Well Go USA Two new foreign language films have crossed the ocean to unspool before our English-speaking eyes – just roll with it – and while…
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M. Night Shyamalan’s The Visit Is Little More Than Shits and Giggles
Universal Pictures Trigger warning: This is a review of a goddamn found-footage film. Who hasn’t wanted to ship their kids off at one time or…
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Two New Buddy Comedies Play With Bonding, Bondage and Tennis Balls
Falcon Films Dirty Weekend and Break Point are both new comedies opening in limited release this week, but while they share something of a ‘buddy…