Young Cherry (Holland) is told he popped his cherry the first time he kills someone in the war in Iraq as a soldier. The film starts when he is in college and feeling aimless, when he becomes smitten with Emily (Bravo). She has something that always appeals to him (whimsy, sexy, tempting), and they become a pair, […]
Director Ari Aster’s follow up to “Hereditary” was going to be met with great expectations. “Midsommar” was already green-lit before “Hereditary” became a hit. Cinematically, “Midsommar” is even more stunning than “Hereditary,” however it’s much less of a horror film. Aster continues to explore in the tragic toll grief and loss takes on a family in “Midsommar” in a way that
Andy Serkis, actor, visual effects stunt genius and the vocal mastermind behind Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings,” has decided to add director to his list of credits. “Mowgli” was his first film, but it has taken years after filming principal photography, for the visual effects to be complete. His second film “Breathe,” came out
Here we are again, talking about another young adult film, desperate to fill the void of Hunger Games or Divergent. Just like I said a month about The Darkest Minds, these movies are so intent on becoming a blockbuster franchise, they sacrifice creativity for breadcrumb set up. Kin is from director brothers Jonathan and Josh
Ben Wheatley’s follow-up to High Rise is just as divisive. The entire movie takes place in a warehouse with a 90-minute shootout. Each of the characters, about 15 of them total, are split into two sides, like Battleship. We get brief introductions before they take sides and begin shooting at one another. The cast most
Irish filmmaker John Carney continues to carve out a specific niche in cinema that audiences can’t seem to get enough of. One might think that film after film with a narrative set to characters becoming musicians would get old. Carney’s scripts are personal, like our lead character in the film who writes songs about the