A low-budgeter gamer a release just as the devastating COVID-19 global pandemic really started to surge in the U.S. is this assured debut from Michael Angelo Covino. The Climb features Covino and co-writer Kyle Marvin in an extension of an applauded short having roles with the own (first) names as best friends from childhood. Sharp observational […]
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Extra Ordinary
This Irish import has a feel for the Midnight Madness crowd, but is weirdly riveting, full of wit and the supernatural. Extra Ordinary stars Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, and Will Forte. Higgins’ Rose Dooley is self-employed as a driving instructor though his gifts in the paranormal haven’t resulted well, at least in one key case. […]
I Still Believe
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Plaintively attenuated for our times is the thoughtful, yet hardly melodramatic new film from Eliza Hittman. Never Rarely Sometimes Always is kept at a very low boil to rely more on simplicity and honesty instead of getting overly political when it comes to abortion and those not yet of age. It’s about the struggles to […]
The Informer
Swedish/American character actor Joel Kinnaman (best known for 2014s Robocop and Suicide Squad, but better in a Swedish import Easy Money) headlines a generic-sounding, if gradually disappointing thriller that has a sweaty brawn like his ‘undercover’ ex-con and retired Special-Ops soldier Pete Koslow. The Informer also features Ana de Armas (Knives Out), as well as […]