CUCKOO (R) Dir. Tilman Singer Singer’s cinematic fever dream – replete with time loops, bizarre retina reflections in blonde wigs, and Dan Steven’s eerily perfect German – is the other major horror event of the summer Grade (4.0/5.0) Replacement is a strange concept. The act of assigning value, meaning, hierarchy, or otherwise onto something – […]
Comedian Jim Carrey returns to drama, going dark and nearly silent for the sexual crime thriller Dark Crimes. Based on the fictional investigative article from David Grann (The Lost City of Z), it is a Polish film with Greek director Alexandros Avranas at the helm. The film opens with a nude scene, the type teenage
It’s not Peter Landesman’s first political drama, his failed Parkland remains a sting on his filmography, but he rebounded with the forgotten gem Kill the Messenger the following year. With Mark Felt, Landesman highlights the similarities between the Felt/Nixon and Mueller/Trump era. This, all talk and barely any suspense, drama has scene after scene of
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