Sundance 2021: Eight for Silver Review
Writer-director Sean Ellis' horror-mystery Eight for Silver reimagines werewolf mythology while packing a vicious bite.
Kelly Reilly
True Detective Episode 2.8 Recap
If you went into this season of True Detective expecting a satisfying conclusion to a complex mystery then you were watching it wrong
True Detective Episode 2.7 Recap
True Detective shows us the protective power of love in an action packed penultimate episode.
True Detective Episode 2.6 Recap
“Church in Ruins” isn't going to change the minds of viewers who have turned to hate-watching True Detective but lovers of Nic Pizzolatto’s brand of nihilism porn will find it exhilarating.
True Detective Episode 2.5 Recap
Ray Velcoro is set on a heroic path in the face of overwhelming darkness in "Other Lives."
True Detective Episode 2.4 Recap
We live in a chaotic world in which bad things happen for absolutely no coherent reason. The fourth hour of True Detective season two, “Down Will Come,” is remarkable in illustrating this concept.
True Detective Episode 2.3 Recap
"Maybe Tomorrow" is all about the many masks we wear — and the violence of removing them.
True Detective Episode 2.2 Recap
Hard boiled pulp collides with abject horror and True Detective hits its stride in the shocking "Night Finds You".
Calvary Review
Those expecting something light from the re-teaming of writer/director John Michael McDonagh and actor Brendan Gleeson in Calvary will be in for a coal black shock, but they're also in for one of the best films of the year.
A Single Shot Review
While a great showcase for the acting talents of star Sam Rockwell – an actor who needs more leading roles than just the character work he knocks out of the park every time – the backwoods thriller A Single Shot misinterprets “slow burn” as “illogically stalling.”
Flight Review
Despite an excellent leading performance from Denzel Washington, Robert Zemeckis' Flight is an odd duck of a movie, lurching wildly between crowd pleasing Oscar bait and an intense and far better look at the nature of addiction.
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster Review
Featuring a great leading performance from Scott Speedman, Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster stands to be one of the best English language Canadian films in quite some time, and it marks director Nathan Morlando’s debut as a filmmaker to watch for in the future.
