“Vice is Broke” Review
Eddie Huang used to work for Vice, the journalistic force that went from punk to bankrupt. Huang’s documentary on the fall of this company, Vice is Broke, was likely made
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“KPop Demon Hunters” Review
For a premise that seems like it would be drowned in pop culture theatrics, KPop Demon Hunters offers more than zippy slapstick the Sony Animation Studio has mastered. Artist-turned-director Maggie
“Weapons” (2025) Review
Following up on his robust horror debut of Barbarian, Zach Creggar’s Weapons is another wild toying with the genre. He spins a web of various characters around a compelling premise
“Caught Stealing” Review
There are so many unique ingredients in Caught Stealing that it’s almost baffling that someone like Darren Aronofsky turns out a rather bland thriller that tries to be offbeat but
“Clown in a Cornfield” Review
After helming the highly subversive Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, director Eli Craig doesn’t bring that same satire to the standard slasher stagings of Clown in a Cornfield. But for
“American Deadbolt” Review
There’s no doubt that American Deadbolt has intensity amid its uncertain situation. Five employees at a restaurant find themselves holding up in the safest room during a mass shooting. It
“Fixed” Review
Adult animation has changed a lot in the past 20 years. It used to be a big draw that cartoons started slinging profanity, having sex, and letting the poop and
“Nobody 2” Review
Nobody 2 might as well be called Nobody: Wisconsin Vacation because it stays true to the protagonist’s motif of taking it easy. It doesn’t really take the material in any
“She Rides Shotgun” Review
She Rides Shotgun fits snugly into the father-daughter dynamic of thrillers that can lean into the heartfelt and the hurt. Although armed with a decent degree of corruption, drugs, and
“War of the Worlds” (2025) Review
Screenlife might not be the best genre for adapting H. G. Wells’s classic sci-fi story, The War of the Worlds. This fascinating story of an alien invasion highlighted the grotesqueness