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Essential film commentary for spoiler-avoidant cinephiles

Ride (2018) Movie Review

3.5

Ride

Boarding School 2018 Movie Review

3.0

Boarding School

Deadpool 2 (2018) Spoiler Free Movie Review

3.5

Deadpool 2

Beyond the Sky (2018) Spoiler Free Movie Review

2.5

Beyond The Sky

The Devils Candy 2015 - Horror Film - Spoiler Free Movie Review

3.0

The Devil’s Candy

Skyfall 2012 Spoiler Free Movie Review

4.5

Skyfall

Skyscaper 2018 Spoiler Free Movie Review

2.5

Skyscraper

Arizona 2018 Movie Review

3.0

Arizona

Eighth Grade 2018 Spoiler Free Movie Review

5.0

Eighth Grade

Director Interviews

Ride – Q&A with Director Jeremy Ungar

Hitching a ride with Uber or Lyft is a second thought nowadays, but with his feature debut, Jeremy Ungar argues that our obsession and unque... READ MORE

Boarding School - Interview with Director Boaz Yakin

Boarding School – Q&A with Director Boaz Yakin

Beyond the Sky - Interview with Director Fulvio Sestito

Beyond The Sky – Q&A with Director Fulvio Sestito

With his feature debut, Director Fulvio Sestito sets out to find if alien abductions are false memories created by those who have experience... READ MORE

Arizona - Interview with Director Jonathan Watson

Arizona – Q&A with Director Jonathan Watson

Night Comes On - Interview with Director Jordana Spiro

Night Comes On – Q&A with Director Jordana Spiro

Night Comes On is a coming of age drama that marks the feature debut of Jordana Spiro. Spiro, most known for her work in front of the camera... READ MORE

Siberia 2018 - Interview with Director Matthew Ross

Siberia – Q&A with Director Matthew Ross

With Matthew Ross' third feature Keanu Reeves finds himself journeying to the cold emptiness of Siberia only to find warmth and love where a... READ MORE

Director Profile Exploration

A Guide to the Great Auteur Film Directors

Wes Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Quentin Tarantino

David O’ Russell

Joel and Ethan Coen

VFX Showreels & Breakdowns

Avengers Infinity War (2018) VFX Breakdown

Avengers: Infinity War [2018] VFX Breakdown by Weta Digital

Gantz O 2016 VFX Digital Frontier

Gantz: O [2016] VFX Showreel by Digital Frontier

War Machine VFX Brad Pitt Bluebolt

War Machine [2017] VFX Breakdown by BlueBolt

Ghost in the Shell 2017 VFX Breakdown

Ghost in the Shell [2017] VFX Breakdown by Atomic Fiction

The Space Between Us VFX Breakdown by Rodeo FX

The Space Between Us [2017] VFX Breakdown by Rodeo FX

Film Festival Coverage

TIFF

PSIFF

AFI

Feature Articles

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Skyscaper 2018 Spoiler Free Movie Review

2.5

Skyscraper

Skyscraper : We follow former FBI agent Will Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson) who is hired as a security consultant for a state of the art Hong Kong skyscraper... READ MORE

Arizona 2018 Movie Review

3.0

Arizona

Arizona is the directorial debut of Jonathan Watson. With an ensemble cast including Rosemarie DeWitt, Danny McBride, Kaitlin Olson, and Luke Wilson; this thri... READ MORE

Eighth Grade 2018 Spoiler Free Movie Review

5.0

Eighth Grade

Eighth Grade : Middle school is a time filled with awkward growing pains and moments of self-discovery, though many may try to repress those memories. Comedian-... READ MORE

The Beguiled (2017) Spoiler Free Movie Review

4.5

The Beguiled

The Beguiled : You lie underneath a sunken tree injured from the bloodshed of a war you were barely able to escape from. A startled young girl stumbles upon you... READ MORE

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 2018 Spoiler Free Movie Review

4.0

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a historical drama and romance based on the novel of the same name by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, ... READ MORE

3.5

Ronin

Ronin : A group of modern day Ronin is formed to steal a briefcase. A plot in service of action and tension – Natascha McElhone’s Deirdre assembles a te... READ MORE

Siberia 2018 Spoiler Free Movie Review

3.0

Siberia

Siberia is director Matthew Ross’ sophomore follow up to Frank & Lola . Keanu Reeves stars as Lucas Hill, an American diamond trader who goes to Russia i... READ MORE

Avengers Infinity War 2018 Spoiler Free Movie Review

4.5

Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War is what every comic nerd and science-fiction cinephile has been patiently waiting for over the last decade of build up. Anthony and Joe ... READ MORE

American Animals 2018 Spoiler Free Movie Review

3.0

American Animals

American Animals follows the true story of four college-aged friends who, in an attempt to inject excitement and purpose into their small-town lives, plan... READ MORE