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‘Inside’ Review – Stuck in Artistic Purgatory With Willem Dafoe
Though Willem Dafoe is as outstanding as ever in the film's lead role, 'Inside' is ultimately a bittersweet affair.
Though Willem Dafoe is as outstanding as ever in the film's lead role, 'Inside' is ultimately a bittersweet affair.
Cocaine Bear is mindless entertainment in its purest and most uncut form. It is a film that is so dumb, so over the top with gore, and so laugh out loud funny that you can’t help but root for this doped up bear’s murderous rampage to not only continue, but hopefully never end.
Nocebo has some clever explanations for things and a handful of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it dark fantasy sequences, it is mostly a mediocre thriller that is only worth seeking out for its unshakable finale.
The Amazing Maurice has animation that may not be appealing to Pixar or Dreamworks enthusiasts. It's an animated film with a ton of missteps, but manages to land on all four feet when the dust clears.
It’s not that Knock at the Cabin is entirely bad, it’s that it seems to actively know it could be more creative, thrilling, and shocking and yet purposely chooses to bury its head in the sand and let mediocrity have its remorselessly bland way with it.
Infinity Pool is an eccentric sci-fi horror filled with disturbing sex, crazy amounts of ultra-violence, and a sequence where Mia Goth breastfeeds Alexander Skarsgard. It’s super weird and obviously a different type of film that won’t appeal to the typical mainstream blockbuster crowd.
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You People is two hours of people being dicks to one another in unfunny fashion with a rushed bow filled with forced heartfelt predictability tacked on at the very end.
New Gods: Yang Jian feels like an alternate timeline of Journey to the West along with all of the jazzy influence of Cowboy Bebop. The animation is slick and impressive, but the intentional crawl of the storytelling dulls the action and dims the spectacle of the visuals ever so slightly.
Even with some sketchy acting and predictable story elements, M3gan is a massively entertaining horror film that kicks off a new year of movies to exceed expectations with a lethally robotic and electrifying bang.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is stylish and fun with sleek animation, a thrillingly adventurous story, off-the-wall humor, and fantastic writing that is penned in a way that rejuvenates what was thought to be a dead CGI animated franchise.
State-of-the-art special effects, revolutionary underwater cameras, and the resurrection of what is otherwise a mostly forgotten movie theater format can’t hide the fact that Avatar: The Way of Water is basically the same movie as the original with more blue people (some are slightly green now!)
A fecal, anal honking, and vomit-infused tale revolving around orgy-driven slaphappiness and punchdrunk intoxication as the silent movie era disjointedly stumbled into sound and talkies. Channeling the likes of Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas with a rhythmically chaotic boogie seemingly torn right out of Gasper Noe’s Climax, Babylon is an aggressive assault on the senses loosely thread together by cinematic evolution and dwindling fame.
Guillermo del Toro has crafted a darker yet equally more emotional version of Pinocchio. It is exquisitely and intricately animated with rich textures, gorgeous lighting, and mostly welcome character reinventions.
Christmas Bloody Christmas should not be missed if you’re looking for a new Christmas horror film that is essentially a yuletide slasher film where you root for a killer Santa cyborg as a bunch of horny 30-somethings are killed off to squeamish delight.
Violent Night overcomes its weak script and familiar concept with enough ooey gooey squelchy violence to appease bloodthirsty horror fans and action junkies alike.
Visually wondrous but spectacularly dull, Strange World has the entertainment value of a wet yet adventurous sponge.
'Hellraiser' isn’t as good as the original film or its first sequel, but Hulu's reboot is easily the best franchise entry after them.
While Netflix's fictional Marilyn Monroe biopic 'Blonde' is an adult film, it absolutely shouldn't be written off as sex-crazed trash.
Quentin Dupieux's 'Smoking Causes Coughing' is bloody, absurd, and sports a Super Sentai influence in all the best ways.
'Kids vs. Aliens' is a bloody and unbelievably creative 75-minute free-for-all that balances its monsters with a coming of age tale.
Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi's 'Shin Ultraman' is a love letter to the classic tokusatsu hero's original 1966 series.
'Unicorn Wars' is a blood infused anti-war film that horrifies and nauseates more often than it impresses.
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