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Film Review: Omaha
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Cole Webley Starring John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, Wyatt Solis, Talia Balsam Not Rated With a slow, almost unsure beginning, Omaha is a film that leaves it’s viewer at a distance almost immediately. This is on purpose, clearly by design from a newcomer filmmaker with something to prove.…
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Film Review: Sirat
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Oliver Laxe Starring Sergi Lopez, Bruno Nunez Arjona, Richard Bellamy, Stefania Gadda Not Rated Just like the music that pumps through the sound systems at a rave, Sirat moves at it’s own pulsating, intricate rhythm. In fact, the first and final images of Sirat are like a loop,…
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Film Review: Rental Family
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Hikari Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Akira Emoto PG-13 It’s not hard on the onset to see Rental Family, Hikari’s sophomore feature outing and her first major one in the Hollywood sphere after making a name for herself thanks to her work on Beef, as an…
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Film Review: It Was Just An Accident
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Jafar Panahi Starring Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr PG-13 There really isn’t another filmmaker quite like Jafar Panahi, whose essential work in Iranian cinema is, of itself, an act of supreme defiance and rage. But while he isn’t the only director in recent memory…
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Film Review: A Private Life
By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski Starring Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric R A strange, almost self-analytical “murder” mystery that’s honestly more about it’s investigator then the supposed crime itself, A Private Life certainly has it’s work cut out for it. It wants to be a sophisticated character study…
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Film Review: Tron: Ares
By Matthew Moorcroft Unsure Directed by Joachim Rønning Starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jeff Bridges PG-13 Disney can’t seem to figure out what to do about Tron, huh? The 80s cult hit, which languished in mostly cinephile history books as a strange but important note in the development of VFX, became one of…
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Film Review: One Battle After Another
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Chase Infiniti R The chance to review a new Paul Thomas Anderson flick is something of a rare opportunity. One of the greatest living American filmmakers – maybe one of the last if AI seemingly has it’s…
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Film Review: The Long Walk
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Francis Lawrence Starring Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Judy Greer, Mark Hamill R Bleakness is the name of the game in The Long Walk. Even from it’s first scene, which showcase a mother desperately trying to get her son to not participate in the violent game. But they have…
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Film Review: The Fantastic Four: First Steps
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Matt Shakman Starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn PG-13 Despite their importance being on the same level as characters like Spider-Man or Superman, The Fantastic Four have strangely had something of a rougher time getting adapted. To be fair, it’s not like people haven’t tried…
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Film Review: The Naked Gun
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Akiva Schaffer Starring Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Danny Huston PG-13 The cinematic comedy is in trouble, or at least the film industry seems to think so. Whether it be the rise of streaming, the changing tastes of moviegoers, the rise of mainstream blockbusters embracing comedy…
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