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07 Apr

Severance Review | Delightfully Mind-blowing

Raul Navedo0 CommentsReviewsAdam Scott, AppleTVPlus, Ben Stiller, Britt Lower, Christopher Walken, Dichen Lachman, John Turturro, Review, Severance, Streaming, Tramell Tillman, Zach Cherry

Severance is a mind-blowing, Ben Stiller-ized drama that challenges the idea of “work/life balance” and pushes it to its limit. I promise that you have never explored a topic like Stiller has this one. The pros, the cons, the twists, the turns, and the unimagined horrors. However, for as powerful as it is, this is an impossibly engaging story that, sadly, leaves you lusting for more. Adam Scott in Severance Mark and his colleagues work at Lumon Industries, a mega-corporation that has created a procedure that allows its employees to separate their mind into two: outside of work and inside.…

21 Mar

I Love My Dad | SXSW2022

Kolby Mac0 CommentsSXSW2022Film Festivals, Film Review, James Morosini, Patton Oswalt, Review, SXSW, SXSW2022

A super cringe, super uncomfortable father/son love story that’s equal parts sick and amazingly tender. A beautiful trainwreck of emotions leading to a crash that will undo you. Patton Oswalt and James Morosini are unexpectedly the best Romance of 2022 and the biggest surprise… It’s a true story. Chuck represented an unreliable constant in his son Franklin’s life. Franklin recently attempted suicide and in the aftermath of that failed attempt, while building boundaries and healing, he cuts out his dad for good. Chuck is determined to right his wrongs and be the dad his son deserves at any cost. Even…

20 Mar

Really Good Rejects Review | SXSW2022

Hector Gonzalez0 CommentsSXSW2022Alice Gu, Documentary, Really Good Rejects, Reuben Cox, Review, SXSW2022

Austin, TX has a well renowned and fantastic music scene. At SXSW, not only is it shown in their music section of the festival (with artists like SASAMI, Ringo Deathstarr, Wet Leg, Japanese Breakfast, and Linqua Franqa playing), but also on the 24 Beats Per Second documentaries in their film festival. One of the most interesting ones playing this year is Alice Gu’s Really Good Rejects. The doc covers the life of Reuben Cox, a modern-day luthier. Although you may not have heard of him (to be frank, I didn’t either), it’s fascinating to see and hear his process of…

17 Mar

Pirates Review | SXSW

Hector Gonzalez0 CommentsSXSW2022Elliot Edusah, Jordan Peters, Pirates, Reda Elazouar, Reggie Yates, Review, SXSW2022

It’s 1999, and three friends, Cappo (Elliot Edusah), Two Tonne (Jordan Peters), and Kidda (Reda Elazouar), are trying to get their music careers up and running through pirate radio. However, their focus on New Year’s Eve is to drive through London in search of tickets to the best party of the millennium. Remember, Y2K is supposed to happen, and many believed there would be a technological apocalypse, so if there was going to be a party, it would be a big one. En voyage, they get in trouble with exes, confront past incidents, and gear up for the event. Overall,…

15 Mar

The Lost City Review | SXSW2022

Kolby Mac0 CommentsSXSW2022Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Film Festival, Review, Sandra Bullock, SXSW, SXSW2022, The Lost City

In a landscape devoid of original Hollywood blockbusters, The Lost City dashes onto the screen erecting a classic action rom-com that is everything you’d expect plus a hint of meta. A steamy jungle treasure hunt oozing with charisma and movie stardom. After the loss of her archaeologist husband, Loretta Sage is emotionally and socially withering away. The audience that craves her steamy romance novels, her publicist, and the series cover model aren’t. One Last book tour lands her in the crosshairs of a not-so mustache twirling super rich bad guy who believes Loretta can decipher a dead language that leads…

14 Mar

It Is In Us All Review | SXSW2022

Hector Gonzalez0 CommentsSXSW2022Antonia Campbell-Hughes, It Is In Us All, Review, SXSW, SXSW2022

It is In Us All by Antonia Campbell-Hughes tells the story of Londoner Hamish Considine, who is the victim of a shocking car crash because he felt the spirit of his long-deceased mother while driving back to his hometown. The collision rips him apart, slowly draining him emotionally and physically. Hamish is a broken and wounded beast lost in his ancestral homeland of Donegal, in west Ireland. Amidst the troubling reverberations of the crash, he is drawn by a young teen named Evan, who was also involved in the accident. This develops an unlikely relationship between the two, as both…

12 Jul

Pig Review | A Surprisingly Hinged Nicolas Cage

Hector Gonzalez0 CommentsReviewsAlex Wolff, Michael Sarnoski, NEON, Pig, Pig Movie, Review

Michael Sarnoski’s directorial debut, Pig, is quite misleading when you notice that Nicolas Cage is involved with it. You would think it is about a man seeking revenge for his lost swine in the style of John Wick or something like Mandy (2018), but it is a different movie than that. It is a character-driven drama about the little things that help remember people of their pasts. Even though it touches on emotional and all-embracing themes, it feels bland and incomplete in its first two acts. Nicholas Cage in Pig The story is simple to follow; it centers around an…

06 Dec

Small Axe: Education Review

Raul Navedo0 CommentsEnglish Reviews, ReviewsAmazon, Amazon Prime Video, Brooke Haynes, Education, Kenyah Sandy, Review, Series, Small Axe, Steve McQueen

A heartbreaking tale about injustice and systemic racism in its most insidious form-- that form which affects the youth and tries to sweeten the bitter taste of oppression by disguising it as a “good deed”. Kenyah Sandy as Kingsley Smith (left) and Nigel Boyle as Mr. Hamley (right) in "Education." Photo Credit: Will Robson-Scott / Amazon Prime Video. Kingsley is a 12 year old boy with dreams of being an astronaut who gets sent to a "special school" after being disruptive in class. This school, they say, is more suited to his needs. Kingsley soon learns that this new school…

30 Nov

Small Axe: Alex Wheatle Review

Raul Navedo0 CommentsEnglish Reviews, ReviewsAmazon, Amazon Prime Video, Review, Series, Small Axe

Alex Wheatle is a heartfelt tale that will frustrate you to your core because it is, undeniably, incomplete. A true story depicting the life of award winning writer Alex Wheatle, from his childhood through his formative years as a young adult trying to find his way in Brixton. Sheyi Cole as Alex Wheatle (center, black leather jacket) in "Alex Wheatle." Photo Credit: Will Robson-Scott / Amazon Prime Video. Listen, I love what Steve McQueen has achieved by making the Small Axe series. Five stories, all true or inspired by such, about the struggles of the black West Indie community in…

30 Nov

Half Brothers Review | A Fun Tale Muddled by Waring Tones

Raul Navedo0 CommentsEnglish Reviews, ReviewsFocus Features, Juan Pablo Espinosa, Review

Half Brothers is a fun take on the road trip narrative that simultaneously tackles some very serious issues plaguing immigrants in the U.S. today. This fact, unfortunately, muddles the tone of the film and causes it to bounce back and forth between absurdist humor and a heartbreaking social injustice drama rather than living in a happy middle ground. I found myself both amused and emotionally rocked by it but neither ever felt like they belonged in the same film, though I’m sure they could. Luis Gerardo Mendez (left) stars as "Renato" and Connor Del Rio (right) stars as "Asher" in…