Tag: aubreyplaza
Sundance 2024 Review: MY OLD ASS, Wise, Insightful, and Frequently Hilarious in Equal Part(s)
The summer between the end of high school and for some, college, can be filled with an unequal combination of anxiety and anticipation. Anxiety of the unknown and anticipation of new and novel experiences, of new friends and new relationships,...
OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE Review: Undemanding Spy Caper, Courtesy of Guy Ritchie
Jason Statham, Hugh Grant, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett and Cary Elwes star in the action-comedy, directed by Guy Ritchie, opening March 3 in U.S. movie theaters.
Review: EMILY THE CRIMINAL, Smooth Operator Begins Spiraling
More than a decade after becoming a regular onscreen presence on both TV and film, Aubrey Plaza somehow remains one of the most underestimated, underappreciated performers of her generation, the likely result of Plaza’s determined focus on character-driven, challenging indie...
Sundance 2022 Review: EMILY THE CRIMINAL, Another Aubrey Plaza Showcase
Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi and Jonathan Avigdori star in a crime drama, directed by John Patton Ford.
KING KNIGHT: Official Teaser Trailer and Poster For The New Richard Bates Jr. Comedy
King Knight, the new comedy from Richard Bates Jr., and the long awaited reunion with his star Matthew Gray Gubler, will have its world premiere at Fantasia this weekend, on August 8th. KING KNIGHT is an outsider’s outsider comedy...
Now Streaming: CINEMA TOAST, From the Bizarre to the Comedic in Retro Found Footage Experimentation
While pandemic times has brought a lot of difficulties and frustrations to the film and television industries, there are advtantages: given the limitations, people are forced to get creative. What kind of work can we make when we can't physically...
Melbourne 2020 Review: BLACK BEAR, a Gaslight Meta Nightmare
Black Bear could be a Hitchcock inspired-indie thriller that opens with actor--director-writer Allison (Aubrey Plaza), collecting her towel from a lake’s small dock, making her way inside a cabin where she sits, notebook and pen at the ready; a title...
New CHILD'S PLAY: First Teaser
We heard about a new entry in the venerable Child's Play series of horror films last year. Our own Andrew Mack noted the news. Now the first trailer has been released and, yes, it looks like a Chucky movie, even...
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Review: I Spent AN EVENING WITH BEVERLY LUFF LINN So You Don't Have To (Unless You Really Want To)
Three words: Not. Greasy. Enough. For those whom such brevity does not suffice (such as the Screen Anarchy editors), I'll elaborate. An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn represents the sophomore effort of The Greasy Strangler helmer Jim Hosking. The relative...
Watch: Jim Hosking and David Wike Discuss AN EVENING WITH BEVERLY LUFF LINN, Working with Jemaine Clement, and More
After being part of Fantastic Fest 2018, An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, British director Jim Hosking’s second feature after The Greasy Strangler, is now in theaters, on VOD and Digital HD. In the film, Emile Hirsch is Shane, the temperamental...
Fantastic Fest 2018 Interview: Director Jim Hosking and Co-Writer David Wike on AN EVENING WITH BEVERLY LUFF LINN
After his debut feature The Greasy Strangler, a sort of mix between quirky romantic/comedy indie cinema and exploitation/B movies, British director Jim Hosking is back with An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, stepping away from horror but maintaining a general...
AnarchyVision: Jerry Lewis, LOGAN LUCKY, THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD, INGRID GOES WEST and GOOD TIME
A brief look at the remarkable career of the legendary performer Jerry Lewis, as well as a slew of films to check out -- Logan Lucky, The Hitman's Bodyguard, Ingrid Goes West and Good Time. -- all in the latest...
Melbourne 2017 Review: INGRID GOES WEST, Hashtag Essential Satire
Truly great films that exist for the moment tackle relevant and contemporary themes, acting at times as a mirror into our own lives and critically picking apart what makes society function. It is refreshing, then, that Matt Spicer’s Ingrid Goes...
Aruba 2015 Review: In THE DRIFTLESS AREA Mysteries Of The Moment Abound
We humans often like to think of ourselves as creatures of habit. It helps compartmentalize our world, making order out of chaos. As someone who operates quite often from his head, habits are important. Writing movie reviews, attempting to express...
Interview: Hal Hartley And Aubrey Plaza Talk NED RIFLE
"An honest man is always in trouble," Henry Fool tells Simon Grim in the first installment of Hal Hartley's Grim family trilogy. This is certainly true of Henry, a wandering Übermensch who is felt as a muse wherever he rambles, and...
The Stack: HALLOWEEN Deluxe Blu-Ray Box, Two From Drafthouse Films, And Synapse's CURTAINS
Welcome back to The Stack. It's me, Dave Canfield, throwing some Halloween coverage at ya. This year has seen some amazing releases. In addition to what is mentioned in the headline, I recommend the Universal Classic Monsters 30 Film DVD Box...
Melbourne 2014 Review: LIFE AFTER BETH, A Tame Zom-Com
The ever sardonic Aubrey Plaza stars as Beth, alongside Dane DeHaan's Zach, in this frequently odd but half-cooked zombie comedy from the writer of the excellent I Heart Huckabees. Director Jeff Baena only lends some of his brain to...
Aubrey Plaza Is Feeling A Bit Peckish In Trailer For Zombie RomCom LIFE AFTER BETH
Beth (Aubrey Plaza) was dead but she's back now. And that's good news, right? Right? Her parents (John C Reilly and Molly Shannon) certainly want to think so, as does her bereaved boyfriend (Dane DeHaan) but ... well ... be...
THE RAMBLER Wins At Transylvania's Full Moon Horror And Fantasy Film Festival!
Word out of the land of Dracula is that Calvin Lee Reeder's The Rambler has won the Jury Award at the 2nd annual Full Moon Horror and Fantasy Film Festival. Below is the press release provided to us by juror...
Review: THE TO DO LIST Gets It Done, But Not Satisfyingly
In The To Do List, Aubrey Plaza plays a virginal high school valedictorian who decides, apropos of nothing, that she needs to spend the summer having every possible sexual experience as practice for college. (High school college-prep courses only teach...
