Directed by Richard Linklater, from a script adapted by the award-winning filmmaker and star Glen Powell, Hit Man was one of the best movies to land at the Venice Film Festival last year — and certainly the most purely enjoyable. Nine months later, it’s on Netflix, even as its banter and goosing, crowd-pleasing scenes cry…
In the literary world (where consistent female readers far outnumber men), there’s a huge, healthy sub-genre of pulpy domestic thrillers in which women grapple with men in their lives potentially gaslighting them. It’s fertile narrative territory because it both cannily plays to the suspicions (and in some cases lived experiences) of its core audience, but…
The white-hot intensity of adolescent feeling, that deeply felt churn of emotion, was of course the narrative fuel which powered 2015’s Inside Out, an imaginative animated coming-of-age film that presented five dominant personified emotions — Joy, Anger, Sadness, Fear and Disgust — alternately competing and collaborating as they contributed to the moods, thoughts and actions…
American-born superheroes have dominated the worldwide box office — especially recently, most notably in the form of the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe. But of course, Batman, Superman and their well-known cohorts don’t have a monopoly on the superhero genre. One of the most popular and top-selling characters in Asia, and indeed the entire world, is…
Richard Linklater is, of course, a respected filmmaker, with his uniquely framed coming-of-age tale Boyhood and his lauded “Before trilogy,” starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as somewhat star-crossed lovers, each ranking high on the list of the most critically praised films of the last 30 years. Both of those projects showcase Linklater’s passion for…
Brent Simon brings us another piece of content straight out of Venice Film Festival as he brings us this Pet Shop Days review. For folks who haven’t committed to exploring the era themselves, or those even perhaps too young to remember, the 1990s independent film scene was a fabulous time. And among the many rich…
Brent Simon is back again with another review hot out of Venice Film Festival. Check out his thoughts on Luc Besson’s new film in this Dogman review. Luc Besson has had a career full of ups and downs. His early films, from The Big Blue and La Femme Nikita to Léon: The Professional and The…
Brent Simon brings us his thoughts on the brand new Michael Mann biopic as he feels the feature is well crafted but perhaps too tightly focused. Check out the full Ferrari review below. The name Ferrari conjures, even for automative agnostics, images of sleekness and speed. So it’s a bit of an adjustment for viewers…
James Mangold, Mads Mikkelsen and Phoebe Waller-Bridge talk Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny More than just a box office behemoth — its four entries grossing a cumulative of nearly $2 billion — the Indiana Jones franchise represents something fairly unique and rare, even among zeitgeist blockbusters. Itself a more modern repackaging of some…
Brent Simon has returned back from the Venice Film Festival with this glorious Don’t Worry Darling review. If one permits a brief introductory sidebar, we have already seen the imperilling effects of social media on the course of human history — both by way of an ill-informed, mentally unstable demagogue (and arguably much worse) elevated…
Director Robert Eggers sits down with Brent Simon and talks about The Northman. Writer-director Robert Eggers burst onto the scene in 2015, with the release of The Witch, which was snapped up for distribution by A24 Films following its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, and went on to gross over $40 million during…
Mark Wahlberg opens up about his passion project Father Stu speaking to Brent Simon. Enjoy this Father Stu Interview. So-called faith-based movies have carved out their own lucrative sub-genre in no small measure by catering to an audience’s desire to see characters and stories which not only reflect but actively venerate their own offscreen life…
Brent Simon brings us this Top Gun Maverick IMAX review and teases just how incredible this film will be on the big screen when it lands in UK cinemas May 27th. After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope…
