‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ is a great film to catch in theatres, if you’re a kid or a kid at heart – fun for the whole family, even if it does remain a little uninspired. The animation is top-notch, with fun character designs and dazzling landscapes, and the score and accompanying soundtrack just add to this adventure.
Read MoreWhile Tetris’ filmmaking techniques and storylines feel conventional, the movie remains an insanely fun ride with great performances from Taron Egerton, Roger Allam, and Anthony Boyle.
Read MoreThe Frankenstein monster or Prometheus legend has remained evergreen for a reason, but by juxtaposing it in the tumultuous world of racial inequality, ‘The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster’ gives an old monster some very new tricks.
Read MoreOften Festival Films Can overload its audience with drama, emotion, or ham-fisted messages, but in a delightfully subtle film, ‘Pure O’ makes you candidly connect with the characters and the plot.
Read MorePremiering at SXSW 2023, ‘Bottoms’ is a film that is equal parts violent, funny, surreal, meta, and weird which makes for a definite highlight of the festival. Continue for our full SPOILER-FREE review.
Read MoreFor fans of Gremlins, Critters, or Evil Dead but who crave the more modern storytelling touch of having a critical social issue in the jaws of a Cronenberg-esque fleshy Muppet, Appendage is a welcome addition to stream at home.
Read More‘Evil Dead Rise’ - the latest soft reboot of the storied franchise succeeds by finding its own campy yet terrifying place amongst not only the previous films in the franchise but in the horror genre as a whole. Continue for our exclusive SXSW review:
Read MoreAs if on the wings of a chubby dragon, the legendary tabletop RPG inspired action-adventure comedy ‘Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ premiered as the opening film of SXSW and FilmSpeak has you covered. Continue for our Spoiler-Free Review.
Read MoreCocaine Bear is perhaps the biggest disappoint of 2023 thus far, taking a true story ripe with cinematic potential and failing to deliver the irreverent, blood-soaked goods audiences are clamouring for. Though it provides entertainment value here and there, this is a drug-fuelled bear that feels declawed.
Read MoreEmma Mackey galvanizes the screen through a career-best performance in Frances O’Connor’s wildly unique biopic ‘Emily’ - a look at the life of Emily Brontë.
Read MoreUltimately, ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ is a mixed bag. While it may take too long to find its footing and deliver the start to Phase 5 Marvel fans have been eagerly anticipating, there are certainly some memorable pieces audiences will take away from the film.
Read MoreDaughter is certainly worth seeing if you’re a fan of thought-provoking thrillers. Your appreciation for subtlety and ambiguity will impact how much you like this film, but ultimately it is a captivating film in every respect.
Read MoreWhile When You Finish Saving the World has interesting ideas and good performances, the film can’t help but feel smug especially with how director Jesse Eisenberg casts Finn Wolfhard as a younger version of himself.
Read More‘Alice, Darling’ is a powerful, gut-wrenching movie anchored by a career-best performance from Anna Kendrick, with Wunmi Mosaku and Kaniehtiio Horn being equally as good. It’s not an easy film to watch, but certainly one to see for its vivid acting performances.
Read MoreBroker is a gripping and emotionally impactful drama filled with incredible performances across the board by A-list Korean actors. You’ll ultimately find yourself enjoying it by the end, regardless of your pre-conceived thoughts on the filmmaker behind the camera.
Read MoreIn Violent Night, David Harbour is the latest actor to put on Santa’s iconic red suit and hat, giving audiences not only one of the best iterations of the character, but one of the most entertaining Christmas movies in quite some time.
Read MoreJoanna Hogg’s ‘The Eternal Daughter’ is a chilling subversion of the haunted house mystery, and the director proves that our own memories and experiences are much more unsettling than any ghosts could be.
Read MoreSure, there is a talking cricket and a compendium of other colorful characters, but Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is totally - and tonally - different from any of the other adaptations, which is possibly why it is one of the best films of the year.
Read MoreLuca Guadagnino delivers another tour-de-force film in Bones and All, featuring career-best performances from Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet, and should be considered one of the most masterful pictures of the year.
Read MoreAlejandro G. Iñárritu’s BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths is an excessively self-indulgent piece of claptrap that overcomplicates a simple premise that becomes minimally thoughtful in the process. Here’s our review of a surprisingly awful film..
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