Movie Review: LONGLEGS

LONGLEGS movie poster | ©2024 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Nicolas Cage, Michelle Choi-Lee, Lauren Acala, Kiernan Shipka, Ava Kelders, Carmel Amit Writer: Osgood Perkins| Director: Osgood Perkins Distributor: Neon Release Date: July 12, 2024 LONGLEGS succeeds at being admirably scary, leavened by some very funny moments. Mixing FBI procedural thriller with supernatural chiller, writer/director Osgood Perkins has made a film that feels something like a hybrid of 1991’s THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and 1982’s HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH. (The latter isn’t a spot-on comparison, but it’s close as far as the magical mechanisms.) We get quite a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: GOD IS A BULLET

GOD IS A BULLET movie poster | @2023 XYZ Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Nicolas Coster-Waldau, Maïka Monroe, Karl Glusman, Chloe Guy, January Jones, Paul Johansson, David Thornton, Jonathan Tucker, Ethan Suplee, Brendan Sexton, Garrett Wareing, Gina Cassavetes, Jamie Foxx Writer: Nick Cassavetes, based on the novel GOD IS A BULLET by Boston Teran Director: Nick Cassavetes Distributor: XYZ Films Release Date: June 23, 2023 We can tell the kind of movie GOD IS A BULLET aspires to be: a serious drama about faith vs. nihilism, wrapped in the form of a gritty action thriller, with some Elmore Leonard-style crime threaded through it. Directed and scripted by Nick Cassavetes, adapted […]Read On »


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Movie Review: GRETA

GRETA movie poster | ©2019 Focus Features

Rating: R Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Chloe Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Jeff Hiller, Colm Fiore, Stephen Rea Writers: Ray Wright and Neil Jordan, story by Ray Wright Director: Neil Jordan Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: March 1, 2019 GRETA starts out with an interesting riff on the stalker theme. It is helped hugely by its stars Isabelle Huppert, who plays the title character, and Chloe Grace Moretz as Frances McCullen, a young woman who pays dearly for a good deed. Frances is relatively new to Manhattan, rooming with her high-spirited friend Erica (Maika Monroe) while mourning the loss of her mother. […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos: INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE premiere

Liam Hemsworth at the premiere of INDEPENDENCE DAY RESURGENCE

It was 1996 when the aliens first invaded Earth in INDEPENDENCE DAY and now it’s 2016 and they have returned, but this Alien Mothership is twice the size in INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE. Will Earth have enough firepower to win once again? We shall see when the nations of Earth work together to prevent the aliens from taking over. 20th Century Fox held the premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX after Roland Emmerich; the Director had his Hand and Footprint Ceremony. Walking the carpet were the stars of the film, which included: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE 5TH WAVE

THE 5TH WAVE movie poster | ©2016 Columbia Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Chloe Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Alex Roe, Liev Schreiber, Zackary Arthur, Ron Livingston, Maria Bello, Maika Monroe Writers: Susannah Grant and Akiva Goldsman & Jeff Pinkner, based on the novel by Rick Yancey Director: J Blakeson Distributor: Columbia/Sony Release Date (theatrical): January 22, 2016 One wants to judge a movie entirely on its own merits, but THE 5TH WAVE does appear to be the latest contestant in Hollywood’s own Hunger Games, trying to replicate the success of a certain other young adult science-fiction/action franchise. This said, THE 5TH WAVE has the benefits of moving at a fast […]Read On »


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