Reviews
The Shallows (2016) Movie Review: "Lively Jaws"
The Shallows (apart from an ending that nearly makes the entire film shit the bed) is a hair-raising, beautifully executed and performed thriller that likes to remind the audience why going in the water's cool, but if you swim near a Shark's food, "you done f*cked up."
Netflix's Mascots Review
Guest achieves dad-joke status with Mascots; the same faces, the same gags, the same set ups, the same polite laugher; dad, enough.
Hell or High Water (2016) Movie Review: No Country For Bad Accents
Hell or High Water has had some pretty poor comparisons to No Country for Old Men in the buzz and hype for the film. That's not to deny that HOHW is a quality viewing, but rather that the world at large is not generating forces like Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh to be unleashed upon the characters. Instead writer Taylor Sheridan is tackling American financial corruption head on.
The Magnificent Seven (2016) Movie Review: Denzel The Magnificent
Toothless villains don’t deserve superhero team ups.
A Bigger Splash (2015) Movie Review: La-Tilda-Vventura
A Bigger Splash is a sensual thrill ride of temptation as four people map out where they are now and who they thought they'd be.
Sully (2016) Movie Review: Time to Heal
With each new perspective of the day, despite knowing the outcome, the Hudson River landing sequence becomes harrowing because the people matter.
POPSTAR: Never Stop Never Stopping: This is just a tribute
This is not the greatest mockumentary in the world, no! This is just a tribute. But you've gotta believe me, it's still really fair, but it's just a matter of opinion.
MISSING DICKS: The Naked City (1948) Movie Review: “Investigation 101”
Lo and Behold: Werner shall do ALL the documentaries
Just try to watch one of his films without resorting to narrating the rest of that day as Werner, I 'darez' ya.
Kickboxer: Vengeance: JCVDeja Vu
Give me a more realistically formidable bad guy and a drunken JVCD bar fight any day of the week.
MISSING DICKS: Sea of Love (1989) "She's Got a Great A**"
Sea of Love, written by Price, and directed by Harold Becker is a tale of a New York cop so desperate to regain attachment to the world that he's willing to forgo the risks of sleeping with a suspected serial murderer.
Jane Got a Gun (2016) Movie Review: "Shooting Blanks"
Jane Got a Gun is misleading; it should be renamed “Jane had an old 'friend' who was a soldier with mad skills.”
Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie (2015) Movie Review - "Under-exposed"
From Neo-Nazis and the KKK, to swingers and born again Christians, it seems as though Louis Theroux has covered all bases. This time around, he exposes us to the world of Scientology - or does he?
The Neon Demon (2016) MIFF Movie Review: "Mauled by a Diamond Encrusted Hyena"
The Neon Demon gives fangs to high fashion. It’s a stunning descent into the madness of narcissism and self-preservation even when it’s stating the bleeding obvious.
Tickled (2016) Movie Review: "Internet Oddity"
Tickled ends up being more like a great story you heard at a party about a friend of a friend.
The Shallows (2016) Movie Review: "Blake Lively vs Giant Bloody Shark"
Ultimately it feels that the main tension driving The Shallows is not Blake Lively vs a giant bloody shark, rather the film’s high concept genre premise vs its studio backing.
Keanu (2016) Movie Review: “Because the internet”
... essentially catnip for cat memes.
Sing Street (2016) Movie Review: "My Brother's Keeper"
Sing Street has the hair of the 80s, but a timeless heart.
Sausage Party (2016) Movie Review: "Dixar," you're damned right.
Sausage Party should have you laughing out loud and shaking your head in awe. Try slipping a sausage into a bun the same way ever again.
Elle (2016) MIFF Movie Review: Michele, Ma Belle
Bet you never thought you’d see the words ‘rape revenge comedy’ in the one sentence to describe a film? Well, you probably weren’t considering Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Showgirls). Coupled with Isabelle Huppert, Elle is a visceral and unstoppable force that will suck you in from start to finish.