Eve, a clinically diagnosed anorexic (Emily Browning), skips out of her treatment facility with little more to lead her than a desire to forever change the face of rock ‘n’ roll. She adopts as her bandmates a Napoleon Dynamite-ish lifeguard-cum-guitarist (Olly Alexander) and his wacky (and flush) friend (Hannah Murray). …
Pause a moment before forming the impression that fisting a barnyard animal is a gateway act for the indiscriminate sodomy that opens the film, because this relationship drama actually goes somewhere. Johnny (Josh O'Connor) is gay, except when you try to kiss him on the lips. No wonder the young …
The definition of insanity is watching another sequel with “Kong” and/or “Godzilla” in its title and expecting different results. Godzilla vs. Kong is a risk-free retread of Jurassic proportions. Wanted: big-name actors with a track record. Little to no acting required. Huge payday. Oscar nominations not a must. That’s what …
The trailer housed 90% of the laughs spread thin throughout this remake of Martin Brest’s superb 1979 yarn about a trio of seniors who decide to knock over a bank. At least the producers didn’t scrimp in the casting department; Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Alan Arkin are perfect substitutes …
It’s refreshing to see a comedy about crotchety nursing-home residents who don’t mumble with British or American accents. Unfortunately, that’s the only characteristic that distinguishes writer-director Raúl Marchand Sánchez’s Broche de Oro from its English-speaking counterparts. Think Cocoon, only this time with nothing you've dreamed of and everything you expect. …
Without a proverbial pot to piss in, Depression-era audiences flocked to cinemas to hear (and see) corines clad in papier-mâché coinage lift their spirits to the strains of “We’re in the Money.” After the success of 42nd Street, Warners followed their formulaic mold to the letter: bridge a handful of …
A modern-day Fagan (Eric Tsang as “Papa”) posts bail for an orphaned group of five lifelong friends whose style and loyalty he admires, hoping to mold the kids into an adult team of elite mercenaries. At its heart, this unofficial entry into Hong Kong’s Young and Dangerous series functions best …
When they arrive for their weekend getaway in a remote cabin in the woods, Kath (Winona Ryder) and Max (John Gallagher Jr.) find it occupied by a younger couple: Al (Owen Teague), who seemingly wants nothing to do with the intruders, and Greta (Brianne Tju), the level-headed girlfriend who convinces …
Wanna make an audience cry? Throw a dog under the back wheels of a passing semi. Wanna make an audience laugh? Have a child say "fuck." Easy, ain’t it? The twist to this otherwise plotless and pointless bush-league exercise in stoner comedy is the casting of three minors (Jacob Tremblay, …
Apocalypse happens within 48 hours of the titular sayonara being anonymously texted to over a million phones. Premises, premises. What begins with a lecture on revolution as a moral obligation quickly centers on a group of vested whiners stranded in a cabin while awaiting the rapture. Think the thirty-somethings from …
Other than Bruce Willis reprising the role of John McClane, nothing in the film bears even the remotest connection to any of its four predecessors. McClane pulls up stakes and catches the first red eye to Russia to help his son (Jai Courtney) have fun "killing f@#&ers.;" Never much to …
The 1982 Mexican debt crisis, as seen through the eyes of the women behind the men in manufacturing, that is, the ones with the most to lose. They’re the type of pampered souls who demand their octopus be hammer tender and ask the waiter to bring fresh water because the …
Looking to avoid spoilers? S/he (either Helen Mirren or Ian McKellen) joins a senior dating service under an assumed name, hoping to track down the person who did them wrong sixty years ago. Said person is also hiding behind an alias. But how did they know to join that particular …
Clara (Isabél Zuaa) could be the only nanny with no references ever to ace a job interview, but then again, how many prospective employees are called upon to care for a pregnant and unwed somnambulist (Marjorie Estiano) who, during a midnight stroll, wrings a blood cocktail out of a live …
Reading over the titular typo that opens his girlfriend Apple’s (Becki G) wake up text, rags-to-riches TV sensation London Clash (Machine Gun Kelly) is hip to the homophone, but shaky on the dual definitions. A search engine query calls to mind a suicide note that sets in motion a premise …