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3 days ago · Josh isn’t an outright villain right from the start in Companion.Much like Quaid’s entitled Scream character, Richie Kirsch, he initially presents as a schlubby, well-meaning Nice Guy™.Hancock wisely takes his time dropping hints that this dude is a bit of an asshole, culminating in another character (played by a scene-stealing Harvey Guillén, of What We Do in the Shadows fame) pointing ...

5 days ago · Mooney, who made his feature directorial debut with Y2K, seemingly needed more time in the editing room to polish his filmmaking style.As a comedic performer, he excels through subtle and self-deprecating humor that Saturday Night Live fans like myself anticipate when he appears in sketches. In a mainstream feature film, though, some of the ha-ha stoner stuff needs more meat on the bone ...

Jan 6, 2025 · Vague Visages’ Going Viral review contains minor spoilers. Vincent Vittorio’s 2024 movie features Corey Feldman, Shea Pritchard and Aline O’Neill. Check out the VV home page for more film criticism, movie reviews and film essays. While Going Viral visually nails the 1980s era, the narrative ...

3 days ago · Despite Alexandre Desplat’s score tugging on the heartstrings, The Most Precious of Cargoes tries to refrain from overbearing sentimentality where possible. If anything, it’s the antithesis of something like Life Is Beautiful (1997), another story where a parent tries to hide the looming death that came with living in a concentration camp from his young son, coining an elaborate fantasy ...

4 days ago · Character Profile: Lainy’s best friend. She is a married woman who enjoys The Golden Bachelor.Kate’s pregnancy initially upsets Lainy. Bell’s Resume: Chlorinda in Inherent Vice (2014), Mercedes in 22 Jump Street (2014), Trina in Office Christmas Party (2016), Alice in Rough Night (2017), Violet Hart in Bless the Harts (2019 …

Jan 10, 2025 · Dream Team’s visual style and wink-of-the-eye humor will please stoners and the midnight movie crowd. As a whole, however, the messaging is incredibly sloppy. Furthermore, Horn and Kalman underutilize one of France’s best young actresses, Garrel (Google her family history), who should ideally be front and center from beginning to end.Instead, the filmmakers assemble a series of bizarre ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Dead Before They Wake differentiates itself from most hard-nosed thrillers through its supporting characters. Alex, who openly acknowledges his poor interpersonal skills, communicates with his deaf father via sign language. During the film’s middle section, the protagonist opens up to his female love interest, Gemma (the wonderful Grace Cordell) — a teacher/exotic dancer who desperately ...

Mar 29, 2024 · Dagr’s character development is also strong. The energetic cast seemingly had a lot of fun making the movie, and Duckles and Moritz give stand-out performances. Butler-Hart has described Dagr as a cross-over between The Blair Witch Project (1999) and an episode of Absolutely Fabulous (the BBC sitcom focusing on the absurd and selfish lives of two fashion-obsessed women in 1990s London).

Jun 4, 2024 · Vague Visages’ Pandemonium review contains minor spoilers.Quarxx’s 2023 movie on Amazon, Apple and Arrow Player features Arben Bajraktaraj, Hugo Dillon and Ophélia Kolb. Check out the VV home page for more film reviews, along with cast/character summaries, streaming guides and complete soundtrack song listings.. Horror fans shouldn’t expect a clean and traditional narrative structure ...