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Film Review: The Bride!
By Matthew Moorcroft Unsure Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal Starring Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Penélope Cruz R Bursting onto the frame with a loud, overwhelming jolt to the senses not unsimiliar to the very lightning bolt that brought Frankenstein’s monster to life years and years ago, The Bride! is almost as unwieldy and impossible…
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Film Review: Undertone
By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by Ian Tuason Starring Nina Kiri, Adam DiMarco, Michele Duquet, Keana Lyn Bastidas R One of the canon rules of horror is that usually what you don’t see is scarier then what you do see. Undertone, with it’s focus on auditory horror and a sole lead actor on screen…
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Film Review: Hoppers
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Daniel Chong Starring Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Dave Franco PG It doesn’t take long to realize that Hoppers is the real deal from Pixar. Probably the studio that has struggled the most post-pandemic, small success stories like Elemental and big blockbuster hits like Inside Out 2…
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Film Review: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Gore Verbinski Starring Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Pena, Juno Temple R Maybe one of the few working directors who can actually earn the “from the twisted mind” phrase in his marketing, Gore Verbinski returns after a 9 year hiatus after audience soundly rejected the wildly underrated…
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Film Review: Iron Lung
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Mark Fischbach Starring Mark Fischbach, Caroline Rose Kaplan, Troy Baker, Elle LaMont R Made on a small budget of $3 million or less, Iron Lung is something of a minor miracle in the fact that it’s even good in the first place. Mark Fischbach – better known as…
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Film Review: Send Help
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Sam Raimi Starring Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien, Edyll Ismail, Xavier Samuel R It’s been a long time since a full blown, true Sam Raimi flick hasn’t there? Sure, he’s made a couple of blockbusters like the scattershot if entertaining Oz the Great and Powerful and the wildly misunderstood…
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Film Review: Arco
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Ugo Bienvenu Starring Romy Fay, Juliano Krue Valdi, Mark Ruffalo, Natalie Portman PG As animated films go, Arco is as animated as they come. Quite literally, in fact, as the rainbow colors that adorn it’s title character leap off the screen and feel simply just made for the…
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Film Review: Hamnet
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Chloe Zhao Starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn PG-13 In some ways a return to form for acclaimed indie filmmaker Chloe Zhao in terms of subject matter, Hamnet is positioned on the surface as a much deserved victory lap film after her Best Picture winning…
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Film Review: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Matt Johnson Starring Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol, Jared Raab, Ben Petrie R Arguably the first movie to have Toronto be a main character in it’s own right, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie begins with a stunt so ludicrous and insane that you would think that they…
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Film Review: All You Need is Kill
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Kenichiro Akimoto Starring Ai Mikami, Natsuki Hanae, Kana Hanazawa, Mo Chugakusei R The second film adaptation of the Japanese novel, All You Need is Kill is in a strange scenario that doesn’t happen often in the medium – specifically that of the American version being the first one…
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