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Searching for Sustenance in A Quiet Place: Day One

Photo by Gareth Gatrell/Gareth Gatrell – © 2023 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. In many ways, audiences were not ready for the success of A Quiet Place. Seemingly coming from out of nowhere from an unexpected source in John Krasinski, a new franchise was born almost instantly. Krasinski returned to bring the sequel to life, but…

“The Killer” is Here to Open Our Eyes to Our Own Brutality

The Killer is someone you’ve probably never been. The Killer is a sociopath with a wealth of knowledge and skills. You’ve never been that adept at anything, let alone contract murder. The Killer is silent, deadly, an enigma. Certainly, you’ve never been a ghost amongst the world of the living. Though you may daydreamed about being slick, silent,…

Review: Wallowing through “Five Nights at Freddy’s”

As the video game adaptation renaissance continues, the one property that was stuck in development hell for 8 years is finally being released to the world. While the clearly inspired Willy’s Wonderland beat it to market, fans have been clamoring for the real world representation of Five Nights at Freddy’s to hit the silver screen….

NYFF Review: “Ferrari” Loses its Fight for First Place

The wonderful thing about a biopic is that you don’t have to have any invested interest into the subject to enjoy the product. Your interest in cars and their legacy won’t get in the way of what you experience on the screen in Ferrari. Yet, unlike Maestro where superior filmmaking makes up for pitfalls of…

NYFF Review: Striking up the Band with “Maestro”

When Bradley Cooper jumped into the director’s chair for the umpteenth remake of A Star is Born, many weren’t sure of what type of film maker he would be. When the film was released however, it was clear that he was a director that had a vision and not just someone who told his crew…

NYFF Review: The Troubles of a “May December” Romance

Though they never went away, the strange mystique and fervor of a blockbuster tabloid story rife with scandalous sexuality and intrigue seem less impactful and almost commonplace in the social media age. The power these stories had in the mid to late 90s was unmatched. SNL sketches and TV movies of the week based on…

Review: Surviving “The Last Voyage of the Demeter”

There’s no doubt about it, we’re in the midst of a vampire resurgence. While there have been a slew of vampire films in its wake, Twilight seemed to kill the bigger budget bloodsucker flicks for a bit. 2023 finds life coming back to the dead though. Sure, there are plenty of films still in production,…

Review: The Mediocre Overnight at “Haunted Mansion”

Think back to 2003. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King closed out the blockbuster adaptation series. Love Actually became the banner Romcom for a generation of adoring fans. Tarantino dropped part one of the Kill Bill saga whilst foreign cult classics like Oldboy and Memories of Murder hit our shores. And…

Review: Is “Mission:Impossible” Now Just a “Fast and Furious” Movie?

There are a handful of film franchises that most people would have bet heavily on to never make it past a third or maybe even second outing. The Fast and the Furious and Transformers to name a few. While the Mission Impossible films have always had a lot of clout on all fronts (even after…

Tribeca Film Festival: Fighting to understand “Eric LaRue”

Let’s leave the politics at the door right now. Let’s forget about what strange take on guns in America you may have and just admit that we have a problem. Because no matter what jargon you want to blurt out to defend your desire to own a wide array of automatic weapons, the fact of…

Review: Can Miles Morales Travel “Across the Spider-Verse”

One of the biggest shocks and surprises to the superhero film world was the release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse in 2018. I’m not saying people were expecting it to fail before it came out, but fans didn’t seem to be ready for what many of them would consider the best comic book film, ever….