“Noomi Rapace Aptly Leads Dour, Trudging, Icy War Film ‘Black Crab'”

Blacker than the blackest black times infinity. Continue reading →

“‘The 24th’: Kevin Willmott’s Film About The Horrific 1917 Houston Riot Needs To Dig Deeper”

In which Andy feels terribly underqualified to talk about the movie he’s talking about, but he talks about it anyway. Continue reading →

“‘Da 5 Bloods” Breadth Is Absolutely Necessary”

5 bloods, plus all of the other blood shed by those first 5 bloods. Blood on blood on blood. Continue reading →

“‘Monos’ Is An Action Movie With An Unsettling Take On Civilization”

One of the best films of the year also has the most out-of-left-field gag about gummy bears of the year. Not that there’s much competition, but if there was… Continue reading →

Clint Eastwood’s “The 15:17 To Paris” Stars Real Military Heroes…Who Go To Waste

I dislike Clint Eastwood’s new film, The 15:17 to Paris, much as I dislike the overwhelming majority of his latter day films. That being said, I dislike The 15:17 to Paris for reasons I didn’t anticipate. You may recall the 2015 Thalys train attack, in which a lone shooter attempted to massacre passengers on a train from … Continue reading →

The 100 Greatest War Movies of All Time

War is hell, which is probably why people love making movies about it. (It’s hard to say whether people love watching movies about it more than they love making movies about it, but I digress.) So the gang at Paste Magazine, including me, put on their colors and watched a whole damn bunch of movies about war, … Continue reading →

Review: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 2016, dir. Glenn Ficarra & John Requa

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot has a Tina Fey problem, but then again, Tina Fey’s movie career has a Tina Fey problem. How is it this hard to figure out how best to transition Fey’s multi-pronged TV persona into multiplex success? Maybe it’s worth looking at Fey’s big-screen choices before we look at her as an actress: movies like Date Night … Continue reading →

Review: Good Kill, 2015, dir. Andrew Niccol

“Years go by, decades end, cultures change, and yet no matter the place and time, human beings constantly dream up new, horrible ways to kill one another. In the late 1600s, Sweden gave us the howitzer. In 1836, Samuel Colt invented the revolver and ushered in the retirement of the sword. In 1952, the United … Continue reading →

Review: Queen and Country, 2015, dir. John Boorman

“You don’t need to watch John Boorman’s 1987 comedy drama Hope and Glory to vibe with its sequel, the decades-in-the-making Queen and Country. That’s probably the greatest feat Boorman pulls off with this follow-up to his unassuming Oscar nominee: walk into the film blind, and short of feeling like you’re up the Thames without a … Continue reading →

Review: Battle: Los Angeles, 2011, dir. Jonathan Liebesman

Battle: Los Angeles feels very emblematic of how a film which simply fails to totally live up to its promise and expectations can be more disappointing than a simply outright awful one. Jonathan Liebesman’s fourth feature length movie isn’t terrible by any stretch of the means, but lacking in all areas of substance Battle becomes … Continue reading →