Dave Franco’s first excursion behind the camera may not be a blessing for prospective Airbnb patrons, but it’s the chance to offer some unnerving angst with co-writer Joe Swanberg. It could be considered a cousin to recent fare like Lodge or You Should Have Left. The Rental stars Dan Stevens, Jeremy Allen White, Alison Brie […]
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Yes, God, Yes
The co-writer of Obvious Child makes a fine debut behind the camera in reminiscing about her adolescence in Iowa. Karen Maine shuns the lewd and crude in her Yes, God, Yes which stars Natalia Dyer (best known for the hit Netflix series “Stranger Things”). In looking at the struggling teen in Dyer’s Alice a rather […]
Amulet
British thespian Romola Garai (Atonement) goes behind the camera for an interesting, if ultimately churning horror exercise. Her debut, Amulet lets the psychological collide with the visceral that can ingratiate through an atypical handling of the genre. Though draped in ancient folklore a distaff expression through equity and retribution is finally pretty jolting has a […]
Her Smell
Identity masking may be at the heart of Her Smell, a sprawling drama starring Elisabeth Moss (Us) and directed by Alex Ross Perry, her frequent collaborator. The title may be apropos for those willing to endure this ugly, often toxic depiction inspired by Shakespeare and a Guns N’ Roses reunion tour with an onslaught of chaos […]
The Old Guard
An antidote to silver screen superhero fare during an ongoing pernicious pandemic is this globetrotting action thriller having fantasy trappings and cobbled from graphic novels assisted on by scripter Greg Rucka. The Old Guard stars Charlize Theron, Kiki Layne and Metthias Schoenaerts as the saturnine into rough-and ready folks who can last forever until perhaps […]