"A Good Person" Review
Pugh and Freeman are excellent, but it feels like a waste to saddle two generational talents with material this basic
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Hunter Friesen
- 3 days ago
"The Lost King" Review
It's by no means a must-see, but it's just charming enough to meet the standards of all those involved.
Hunter Friesen
- 5 days ago
"Shazam: Fury of the Gods" Review
With all the recent news about the future potential for James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new and revitalized DCU, it almost seems pointless...
Hunter Friesen
- Mar 15
"John Wick: Chapter 4" Review
Not since the days of gladiators has mankind’s bloodlust been so voraciously quenched.
Hunter Friesen
- Mar 14
"Inside" Review
The bluntness doesn’t make it immediately rewatchable, nor does the ho-hum narrative make for an immediate reason to see it initially
Hunter Friesen
- Mar 3
"Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre" Review
Operation Fortune is semi-stylish and entertaining in the moment to keep your butt in the seat, even if you won't remember anything
Hunter Friesen
- Feb 24
"Creed III" Review
The fact that the seventh, eighth, and ninth entries are all the best of a franchise is an accomplishment by itself
Hunter Friesen
- Feb 17
"Marlowe" Review
Marlowe is as cheap and dull as its title would suggest. Its titular character, created by Raymond Chandler in the 1920s at the height of...
Hunter Friesen
- Feb 16
"Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" Review
So, whose idea was it to make Ant-Man less fun? This is a franchise that was initially going to begin with Edgar Wright in the director’s...
Hunter Friesen
- Feb 10
"Magic Mike's Last Dance" Review
Last Dance takes a mature approach to end this story, which would be admirable if it didn’t sacrifice so much of the fun of its predecessors
Hunter Friesen
- Feb 9
"Sharper" Review
Writers Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka pray that you haven't done two things before you watch their new film Sharper on Apple TV+....
Hunter Friesen
- Feb 7
"Run Rabbit Run" Sundance Review
Run Rabbit Run pedals the same "elevated" scares that we've partially become numb to at this point.
Hunter Friesen
- Feb 6
"The Starling Girl" Sundance Review
If not for anything else, Parmet’s film has given one of our brightest young talents room to shine
Hunter Friesen
- Feb 2
"Fair Play" Sundance Review
The carnal influence of Adrian Lyne is apparent, with Domont blending the dower and gleeful to semi-positive results.
Hunter Friesen
- Feb 1
"Knock at the Cabin" Review
Knock at the Cabin is so good that it makes M. Night Shyamalan’s previous film, Old, just that more fascinating in retrospect
Hunter Friesen
- Jan 31
"Theater Camp" Sundance Review
Theater Camp is by theater kids for theater kids.
Hunter Friesen
- Jan 28
"Bad Behaviour" Sundance Review
Bad Behaviour would at least be tolerable if the problems it had were interesting.
Hunter Friesen
- Jan 26
"Infinity Pool" Review
With Infinity Pool, Brandon has proved that the Cronenberg surname is in good hands for the foreseeable future.
Hunter Friesen
- Jan 26
"Sometimes I Think About Dying" Sundance Review
Those that have worked in an office setting will find plenty to admire and shudder about
Hunter Friesen
- Jan 25
"You People" Review
You People tries way too hard to do way too little, becoming a “film for everyone” that no one will enjoy.
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