Kevin Bacon reunites with writer/director David Koepp after 1999s Stir of Echoes under the auspices of Blumhouse Productions. You Should Have Left has the aura of mystery and the eerie, to go along with delusion and paranoia; the combination invites a palatable psychological thriller. Alas, even in smoothing it all out at the conclusion the […]
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Artemis Fowl
The King of Staten Island
One of the first studio releases going on digital platforms as much of the U.S. is easing its lockdown measures during a global pandemic is Judd Apatow’s latest opus, his first since This is 40. The director, producer and co-writer collaborates with skinny Saturday Night Live performer/stand-up artist Pete Davidson in The King of Staten […]
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 Hunt
Hunt is easily one of the worst films released so far this year. If it was an exercise in creating pure dumbness, it succeeded admirably. This movie? ( I use the term sarcastically ), has absolutely no redeeming value whatsoever. Elites versus Deplorable’s in a fight to the death. Yeah, right – Give Me a […]