[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] Now Playing in Limited Release There’s a fine line between graffiti and art, between eccentricity and malevolence, and the danger lies not so much in those that don’t know the difference, but rather in those that do and just don’t care. Sick of Myself has some thoughts on the matter, […]
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Tense, engaging, well cast, and only sometimes bewildering, Boston Strangler is a welcome update to the eponymous serial killer’s legend.
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Deliberate and precise, ‘One Fine Morning’ pulls no punches while never going for the knockout blow, exploring life’s most desperate/cherished moments.
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A gory, funny, irreverent triviality that doesn’t overstay its welcome, Cocaine Bear delivers on its eponymous promise (and little else).
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‘Consecration’ is a grab-bag of horror tropes and cinematic parlor tricks that amuses for a time, yet ultimately stumbles.
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A story about the holding patterns people put themselves in while waiting for life to happen to them, “Living” is Bill Nighy at his best.
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Five pounds of movie stuffed in a 10-pound bag, “Alice, Darling” is less a story and more a snapshot: teasing the profound while never quite arriving there.
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Not nearly fun enough to exist as pure escapism, and far too ridiculous to take at face value, ‘Plane’ is a vessel without a (air)port.
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Too long and with no idea how to put a bow on all of this, ‘Babylon’ fizzles out with the same tragic whimper that characterizes its doomed characters.
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Cameron’s complete mastery of the action form combined with his virtual reinvention of the mo-cap format puts ‘The Way of Water’ on a whole other level.
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This take on ‘Pinocchio’ is both entertaining and insightful, and presents the story in a visual format that is ideally suited for this telling.
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‘Nocebo’ is another chapter in Lorcan Finnegan’s fantastic running series of ‘Twilight Zone’-esque explorations of humanity’s load-bearing failures.
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Poignant and hilarious and tragic and achingly real in all the ways McDonagh’s films are, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ is magnificent.
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‘Amsterdam’ is a soulless grab-bag of eccentric characters and plot notions scrambled together for maximum awards season effect.
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Oscars Preview! Scene-Stealers Talk 95th Academy Awards
by Warren Cantrell on March 6, 2023
in Blogs
To get a sense of what the Scene-Stealers crew is thinking about this crop of 2023 Oscar nominees, look no further.
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