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Friday One Sheet: THE ORDER
I am generally indifferent to collage style posters, particularly when designers transitioned from hand-painted to photoshop. However, I do admire the commitment to verticality taken by design house, Fable, for Justin Kurzel's neo-nazi procedural, The Order. The pull quotes, the above...
ASPHALT CITY Review: Raw Intensity, Brutal Stress, Overwhelmed Paramedics
Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan star in Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire's intense thriller.
Cannes 2023 Review: BLACK FLIES, Intense Portrait of Paramedics' Reality
Tye Sheridan and Sean Penn star in a dramatic thriller directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, co-starring Katherine Waterston, Michael Pitt and Mike Tyson.
Review: THE TENDER BAR Is Open. Come On In and Have a Seat.
George Clooney directs an adaptation of J.R. Moehringer's acclaimed memoir, starring Ben Affleck and Tye Sheridan, now streaming on Prime Video.
Review: THE CARD COUNTER, Paul Schrader Delivers Another Searing Indictment of American Politics and Ideology
With an eye-catching title like The Card Counter, it’s more than reasonable for viewers to assume and/or expect that writer-director Paul Schrader’s (Reformed, American Gigolo, Blue Collar) latest film, an expansive, provocative existential drama, will focus primarily, if not exclusively,...
Review: VOYAGERS, In Space, Hell Is Other (Beautiful) People
Colin Farrell, Tye Sheridan, and Lily-Rose Depp star in the sci-fi adventure, directed by Neil Burger.
Review: THE NIGHT CLERK, A Gimmick-Heavy Neo-Noir
Tye Sheridan, Ana De Armas, Helen Hunt andJohn Leguizamo star in writer-director Michael Cristofer's would-be thriller.
Review: THE MOUNTAIN, Rick Alverson's Precise, Stoic Vision of the World
Tye Sheridan, Hannah Gross, Udo Kier and Jeff Goldblum star in Rick Alverson's drama.
Review: READY PLAYER ONE, Submitting Yourself to The Matrix Has Never Been This Much Fun
Upon exiting the theater after Ready Player One, my immediate takeaway was that “they don’t make films like this anymore.” Based on the 2011 novel by Ernest Cline, Ready Player One takes place in the near-future of 2045, a dystopian...
Now On Blu-ray: SICARIO, TRUE DETECTIVE S2, THE GREEN INFERNO, LOVE And More
The new year in Blu-ray begins with one, maybe two, clear winners. Sicario: A top 10 pick of the year, per our writers (including myself), this is a pulse-pounding thriller that should look spectacular on Blu-ray, thanks to Roger Deakins'...
Review: ENTERTAINMENT Embraces An Absurdity And Melancholy That Is Extraordinary To Behold
Many would say there are two distinct poles to cinema-going. There are those times when you want something warm and familiar. It's comfort food you can share with your family. Not too sweet or sour, not too heavy. And then...
Review: SCOUTS GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE Earns The Crassness Merit Badge
There's a long history of teens setting out into the woods only to be confronted with cruel horrors beyond their control or understanding. In this case, three Boy Scouts (although the film is careful to not actually identify them as such,...
READY PLAYER ONE: Olivia Cooke's Gonna Hunt Some Eggs In Spielberg's Novel Adaptation
Olivia Cooke has landed a lead role in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Ernest Cline's sci-fi dystopian novel Ready Player One, according to The Wrap.Addendum - THR reported, If a deal is made, Cooke would play the teen's love interest and competitor, a Canadian blogger...
Interview: Writer-Director Kyle Patrick Alvarez On THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT
When I saw writer-director Kyle Patrick Alvarez's first feature Easier with Practice, based on a short story, I knew to keep this guy on my radar. For a first film on a shoestring budget, the film looks something born out...
Fantasia 2015 Review: DARK PLACES, An Affecting Autopsy Of The 1980s Satanic Panic
1985. In a rural community of Kansas there was a young teenager named Ben Day (Tye Sheridan channelling Ezra Miller) who was very into the punk rock outfit The Misfits. He filled his sketchbooks with black-inked antichrist art, and was accused...
Sundance 2015 Review: ENTERTAINMENT, Seeking The Legendary Laugh To Masterful Effect
Many would say there are two distinct poles to cinema-going. There are those times when you want something warm and familiar. It's comfort food you can share with your family. Not too sweet or sour, not too heavy. And then...
JOE Trailer: Restraint Keeps Nicolas Cage Alive - For Now
A terrific new trailer for David Gordon Green's Joe features Nicolas Cage in restrained mode as a quiet man who is finally moved to action. About the titular character, our own Ryland Aldrich described him thusly: "An ex-con with a...
