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REVIEW — “Sinners”

“You keep dancing with the devil, one day he’s gonna follow you home.” An absolute barn-burning bloodbath, Sinners is a gloriously gory and beautifully soulful dusk-til-dawn Black American horror story from Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and Creed star Michael B. Jordan. Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, …
REVIEW — “Drop”

A high-tech, high-tension, hire wire act balanced by two, likeable leads, Drop follows Emmy nominee Meghann Fahy (breakout star of White Lotus season two and The Perfect Couple) and It Ends with Us’ Brendan Sklenar on a first date nightmare from horror producer Jason Blum. On her first date in …
REVIEW — “The Amateur”

In The Amateur, Oscar® winner Malek stars as Charlie Heller, a brilliant CIA analyst who works in decryption and analysis in a basement office at Langley headquarters. The slightly awkward and unassuming surveillance expert accidentally uncovers incriminating evidence on his superiors just before a London terrorist attack results in the …
REVIEW — “Novocaine”

While Paramount Pictures’ Novocaine opens with REM’s “Everybody Hurts,” its hero Nathan Caine (Jack Quaid) never hurts. In fact, he suffers from a genetic disorder called CIPA, or Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis. The very real, albeit rare, autosomal recessive disorder is characterized by the inability to feel pain …
REVIEW — “Captain America: Brave New World”

An often intriguing slow-burn political thriller with explosive action, solid performances, and epic effects, Captain America: Brave New World gets lost in a fog of sameness. A follow-up to 2021’s Disney+ series Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Walt Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World follows former-Falcon …