Tag: Dan Stevens
2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo
Kind of feel that Tilman Singer's sophomore feature has been dangling like a carrot in front of us since they teased the first film...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #156. Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo
Cuckoo
German filmmaker grabbed the spotlight with his Berlinale preemed directorial debut Luz (tale is about a cab driver who gets owned by a demonic...
I’m Your Man | 2021 Berlin International Film Festival Review
The Girl and the Robot: Schrader Wows with Exceptional Exploration of Love, or Something Like It
Harlan Ellison memorably titled a collection of short stories,...
The Rental | Review
This Property is Condemned: Franco Mines Interesting Ideas in Faulty Debut
Egregiously annoying characters can be either a blessing or a curse to a...
Lucy in the Sky | Review
Loosey Goosey: Hawley Gets Histrionic with Uneven Melodrama
At the end of Now, Voyager (1942) the chain-smoking Bette Davis delivers her iconic line to Paul...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #66. Gareth Evans’ Apostle
Apostle
Making a name for himself with high-octane contributions in the shape of The Raid: Redemption, V/H/S/2 and The Raid 2 (with The Raid 3...
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer | DVD Review
Already one of the most obscured gems of 2017, Joseph Cedar’s impressive English debut Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New...
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Fixer Downer: Cedar Unleashes Fascinating Portrait of Aggravating Underdog
There’s an unshakeable sadness to Israeli director Joseph Cedar’s English language debut Norman: The Moderate Rise...
The Ticket | Review
To Gain the World: Fluk’s Allegorical Fairy Tale Treads Perfunctory Territory
Pope Francis described materialism as ‘spiritual cancer’ in that the idolatry of earthly possessions...
Colossal | Review
Seoul of the Matter: Vigalondo’s Environmental Impact Creature Feature Unique but Wonky
Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo scores major points for ambition and uniqueness in his...
Beauty and the Beast | Review
The Beast Must Die: Condon’s Expensive Rehash is Fairy Tale Facsimile
For a film with a budget of three hundred million claiming to be the...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Brian Crano’s Permission
With 2011's A Bag of Hammers and his 2014's short "Dog Food" both preeming at Austin, you can bet that the SXSW programmers have Brian...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #57. Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal
Colossal
Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Writer: Nacho Vigalondo
We’ve been a bit underwhelmed with Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo’s two follow-ups to his fun 2007 debut Timecrimes, those being...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Ido Fluk’s The Ticket
We got no qualms with being flat out wrong with our predictions set, but we're thinking we might sort of still be in the...
Criminal Activities | Review
Subliminal Criminal: Haley’s Debut Feloniously Familiar
There’s a certain amount of smarmy appeal to justify Jackie Earle Haley’s attraction to taking on Criminal Activities, the...
The Cobbler | Review
Shoe Be Doo: McCarthy’s Magical Realism Has No Sole
Actor Thomas McCarthy has developed a solid reputation as an indie film director thanks to his...
The Guest | Blu-ray Review
Enjoying a healthy festival run after its premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and a tour that brought it to SXSW and Toronto,...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Ido Fluk’s The Ticket
With a small body of work including his low-budgeted directorial debut (Never Too Late) which orbited around the Fribourg and Edinburgh Film Festivals and garnered some...
The Guest | Review
Lone Survivor: Wingard’s Latest a Near Perfect Mix of Subtext, Comedy and Satisfying Thrills
After contributing to several anthology films, including the V/H/S films and...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #136. Adam Wingard’s The Guest
The Guest
Director: Adam Wingard
Writer: Simon Barrett
Producers: Snoot Entertainment’s Keith Calder and Jessica Wu
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Dan Stevens, Joel David Moore, Lance Reddick
After segments...
Summer in February | Review
Summer Bummer: Menaul’s Love Triangle Inspires Opposite Emotions
Not every “based on a true story” is actually fit for a feature length film. In fact,...
Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead) & Adam Wingard (The Guest) Make Return to Park City at Midnight Section
I had a hunch that Cooties (read here) and Adam Wingard's The Guest (read here) might make it into what appears to be a...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Adam Wingard’s The Guest
Sundance's Trevor Groth has a special place in his cinephile heart for Adam Wingard's filmic output - allowing the filmmaker to present the V/H/S...
