Overdrive
Overdrive (2017) is a film that’s exactly what it looks like in its trailer and on its poster. Overdrive combines the spectacle of opulent wealth in Ocean’s 11 (2001) with… Read more »
Tag: 2010s
Get A Job
It took four years after principal photography wrapped on Get A Job (2016) for the film to get a release. This delay was caused by issues between distributors and rights… Read more »
The Paperboy
When The Paperboy (2012) first came out it felt like everyone, from the people I knew to the critics I read, hated the picture. I was alone among my cinephile… Read more »
Baywatch
The television series Baywatch (1989-2000) was a cultural phenomenon back in the early nineties. Baywatch was a sexy, campy “beach cops” take on being a lifeguard that peddled in hot… Read more »
Knock Knock
From the second I began watching Knock Knock (2015) I began thinking about whether Keanu Reeves really is the new Seymour Cassel. By the end of the film it’s clear… Read more »
Some Guy Who Kills People
Any time you catch Kevin Corrigan just seemingly popping up in something is an utter delight. The guy’s a terrific actor and completely underrated. I remember seeing Pineapple Express (2008)… Read more »
Mom And Dad
Equal parts hilarious and disturbing, writer and director Brian Taylor’s Mom And Dad (2017) is a classic example of horror as social critique. Like Jennifer’s Body (2009) or Dawn Of… Read more »
The To Do List
Long anticipated and then maligned by critics and audiences when it was released, Maggie Carey’s lone feature film The To Do List (2013) was controversial only for its frank depiction… Read more »
Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow’s follow-up to her much acclaimed film The Hurt Locker (2008) was the fictionalized retelling of the historical record of the CIA’s manhunt for Osama bin Laden Zero Dark… Read more »
Night Catches Us
Having lived in and around Philadelphia my entire life I felt a certain affinity for the general milieu of Night Catches Us (2010). Personally, one of the things that I… Read more »
