Film Reviews
The Toxic Avenger
Peter Dinklage plays Winston Gooze, a harmless “non-toxic” janitor who unwillingly turns into a mutated superhero when he falls into a vat of acid.
Tinā
A substitute teacher, who recently lost her daughter in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, begins working at an elite private school and starts a student choir.
The Roses
The Roses very much feels like it’s an original story in its own right; a cautionary parable on the perils of marriage if not planned right.
Eddington
The year is 2020. COVID is peaking. America is divided. But in the sleepy Midwestern town of Eddington, a power struggle brews between an ambitious, gun-toting, antivaxxer sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) and an equally ambitious, performatively woke, N95 mask-wearing mayor Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal).
The Life of Chuck
Charles “Chuck” Gantz (Tom Hiddleston) is a smiling, bespectacled accountant who ominously pops up in billboards and TV ads around every corner. Who is this Chuck? And why does his life matter?
Super Charlie
In this Swedish animated film, a young boy named Willie has a brother with superpowers.
Materialists
Celine Song raised expectations after the critical success of her debut feature Past Lives. Her sophomore feature film Materialists is a romantic comedy about a love triangle between a matchmaker, her aspiring actor ex-boyfriend, and a charming millionaire.
Weapons
When an entire classroom of children (barring one) disappears overnight at 2:17 am, their vodka-guzzling teacher becomes the target of a witch-hunt by anxious, angry parents. What happened at 2:17 am?
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Marvel's first family makes their MCU debut with a retro-futuristic makeover.
Bring Her Back
While grieving the sudden death of their father, stepsiblings are placed in the care of their foster mother and are exposed to darker truths and manipulative captivity.
Sunlight
British ventriloquist Nina Conti directs and stars in this darkly comic buddy film.
Chicken Town
Juvenile delinquent Jayce (Ethaniel Davy) is released for a crime he didn’t commit, and he inadvertently gets involved in a cannabis-selling scheme with his antisocial senior citizen neighbor Kev (Graham Fellows).
The People’s Joker
In the tradition of the kinds of parody movies that used to fill theaters like Scary Movie or Austin Powers, director and star Vera Drew lampoons the most popular genre dominating our screens today: the superhero comic.
