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HONEY DON'T Review: Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's Neo-Noir Flails, Fumbles, Disappoints
Located in California’s Central Valley, the sun-baked city of Bakersfield has a population of more than 400,000 souls and the metro area more than twice that number. It's also one of California’s — and by extension, the United States —...
Now Streaming: Ethan Coen's DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS
Ahead of this week's release of 'Honey Don't,' we look back at last year's solo effort by Ethan Coen.
MATERIALISTS Review: A Somewhat Soulless Sophomore Effort
Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans star in Celine Song's second feature.
HONEY, DON'T! Trailer: A Coen Brother's Noir-Comedy
The Coen Brothers working separately have not exactly set the box office on fire, even if the films (The Tragedy of Macbeth, Drive Away Dolls) are well enough regarded. This may be about to change from Ethan Coen's Cannes bowing, star...
RED ONE Review: Short on Christmas Cheer, Long on Holiday Schmear
If there was a Guinness World Record for the most jacked-up Santa in a big-budget, Hollywood-financed, holiday-themed action-comedy, Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) would win hands down and biceps curled for his committed portrayal of Father Christmas (aka, St. Nick,...
GHOSTED Review: Light, Breezy, Disposable Genre Entry
Ana de Armas and Chris Evans star in an action adventure, directed by Dexter Fletcher, debuting on Apple TV+.
Review: LIGHTYEAR, B-Level Storytelling Wrapped in A-Plus Animation
Lightyear, a pulpy, family-oriented science-fiction action epic, arrives in multiplexes at an inflection point for the Disney owned-and-operated Pixar Animation Studios. Once synonymous with a unique blend of all-ages storytelling with cutting-edge, boundary pushing animation, Pixar, like every division and/or...
Now Streaming: KNIVES OUT, Twists and Turns Abound in Delightful Whodunit
Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas lead an all-star cast in Rian Johnson's comic murder-mystery.
Review: AVENGERS: ENDGAME. It Is Inevitable.
Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe are gunning to avenge the Infinity War.
Destroy All Monsters: Ideals Will Destroy Us All, And Other Things I Learned from CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
A lot has been written about the broody darkness of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice; but in its way, Captain America: Civil War is the most quietly nihilistic superhero movie in years. Full disclosure: I still haven't seen BvS,...
The Many Faces Of Chris Evans
This week is Captain America: Civil War week at the box office worldwide, no doubt about it. Therefore our quiz will be about Cap himself, Chris Evans! Basically looking the quintessential young muscular handsome American with a hint of arrogance,...
Destroy All Monsters: Hey Disney, We Need To Talk About The Shitty Experience Your Release Strategy Is Giving Your Customers
What I'll be describing today might genuinely deserve a spoiler warning, even though everything I'll mention is currently well within the public sphere, freely available for anyone who hasn't seen Captain America: Civil War to discover. That group includes me:...
Review: CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, A Snappy, Witty Beatdown
When it comes to the major comic book tentpoles that are being shuffled out with increasing regularity, some viewers have grown a little tired of the city-destroying carnage that has marked many of their climaxes. Marvel, one of the biggest...
Have Your Say: No More Super-heroes Anymore!
Just over a decade ago, superhero films were a tiny sub-category in the general science fiction and fantasy branches. They occasionally happened, and occasionally they were good, and occasionally they were bad. Then Marvel/Disney started with their cinematic universe, released...
Destroy All Monsters: Whedon vs. Abrams
Last week, Joss Whedon quietly confirmed that he has finished his deal with Marvel Studios and won't be participating in any more of their movies. This wasn't a surprise. Frankly, even given the degree to which hiring Whedon to make...
Cap's "Perfect Teeth" A Threat In First CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Trailer
One of the most popular Marvel storylines in recent years, Civil War, inevitably works its way into the MCU under the Captain America banner, as the superheroes split off and take sides against each other when forced to declare their...
SNOWPIERCER Chugs Towards US TV
Hollywood is paying a lot of attention to Bong Joon-ho these days. This week already gave us an upcoming partnership between the Korean auteur and Netflix (Okja) and now THR reports that his sci-fi Snowpiercer will be adapted for American television....
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTON: What To Expect From The Special Features
The DVD and Blu-ray release of Avengers: Age of Ultron isn't bursting with special features, but there's enough here to provoke some interest and discussion. I got to watch the bonus material - which includes two featurettes, a gag reel,...
Screen Anarchists On AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
(Who is this?! Team ScreenAnarchy, assemble!) Unless you've been living under a rock, a Wifi-less one no less, you will have been made aware of the latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the last ten days, Avengers:...
Destroy All Monsters: Ruling The World Makes Assholes Of Us All, And Other Things I Learned From AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
The dust continues to settle. At around a quarter after ten last Thursday night, in the first North American screenings of Marvel's Phase 2 capper, Avengers: Age of Ultron, a big chunk of the fictional country of Sokovia broke apart...
