The Sintern (2024)
A young woman investigates a church whose pastor may have killed her mom.
Movies
Discover our top picks and latest reviews spanning from blockbuster hits to indie films, shorts, and festival premieres across various platforms.
Swimming Home (2024)
Starring MacKenzie Davis and Christopher Abbott, between them we watch a increasingly estranged couple, potentially towards the end of their relationship, try to enjoy a vacation featuring a young woman enamored by Abbott’s character.
All That We Love (2024)
Starring Margaret Cho and Kenneth Choi, in “All That We Love,“ we watch as an estranged ex husband and father with the best/worst timing, tries to reconcile with his ex wife and daughter.
Sacramento (2024)
As two long time friends, deal with how they have become estranged, one is dealing with the weight of pending fatherhood, which is leading them to become an anxious mess.
The Wasp (2024)
Starring Natalie Dormer and Naomi Harris, prepare for twists, reveals, and a shocking ending that reminds you the writing needs to match the performances for any surprises to work.
She Loved Blossoms More (2024) – Written Review
Three brothers, mourning their mother, are tasked with creating a machine that could bring her back. However, as they make progress, things and people end up sacrificed.
#AMFAD: All My Friends Are Dead (2024)
Friends with secrets and drama between them begin to get killed off right before an infamous music festival.
Don’t You Let Me Go (2024) – Written Review
After her best friend’s wake, a woman travels back to a weekend they shared to relive experiencing her friend one last time.
A Mistake (2024) – Written Review
Starring Elizabeth Banks, we watch as a doctor handles the death of a patient from her protégé’s guilt, the administration’s desire to lessen the blow, to parents who just want answers.
The Other, Gold (2024)
In a multi week spanning movie, Farrah tries to navigate her feelings and frustrations as another wave of COVID hits, as well as the realization some of her relationships might be over.
Some Rain Must Fall (2024) – Written Review
Starring Yu Aier, a housewife slowly watches her world fall apart and finds herself in constant search for something to grab onto that will hold her up.
Winter Spring Summer or Fall (2024)
Starring Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White known for “Wednesday”, in this Tribeca Film Festival release, the two are seniors unsure of where their relationship could or should go.
Incision (2024) Movie Review
“Incision” seems to forget to give you reasons to get invested, beyond familiar faces and the assumed empathy for people being victimized.
Love Kills (2024) Movie Review
“Love Kills” loses its luster as you figure out it is using sex and violence to compensate for a lackluster story.
Guy Friends (2024) Movie Review
In “Guy Friends,” a young woman discovers, despite thinking she is a guy’s girl, she’s really just someone multiple guys are waiting for their chance with – and they all make a move when her relationship goes awry.
The Young Wife (2024) Movie Review
At times feeling like a visual album, “The Young Wife” delivers both the anxiety and sense of overstimulation that can come when two worlds collide via marriage – especially when there are unresolved issues.
My Old Ass (2024) Movie Review
Megan Park delivers another coming-of-age story, but this one focuses on a young woman meeting herself in the future and questioning the sexuality she thought she was firm in.
Close To You (2024) – Movie Review
Starring Elliot Page, known for “The Umbrella Academy”, in this NewFest Pride release, Page plays a transman returning home for the first time in 4 years since transitioning and dealing with their friends and family awkwardly trying to reintegrate back into his life.
RSVP (2024) Movie Review
Starring Natasha Marc and Robert Ri’Chard, in this BET+ release, a man decides to get revenge for his fallen wife, and you’re sadly left taking his word due to a lack of character development.
I Don’t Know Who You Are (2024) Movie Review
Starring Mark Clennon, based on the experience of director, writer, and editor M.H. Murray, in this theatrical release, we experience the aftermath of a man being assaulted.
Hit Man (2024) Movie Review
Starring Glen Powell, known for the recent hit “Anyone But You”, in this Netflix release, he plays an everyday guy thrust to pretend to be a hitman for the New Orleans Police Department in a movie based on a real person.
Relative (2024) Review – A Frustrating Family Dramedy
You may see yourself in Michael Glover Smith’s “Relative,” but that doesn’t make for an exciting watch.
Darkness of Man (2024) Review – A Solid Action Flick
“Darkness of Man” shows Jean-Claude Van Damme can still take a punch and provide emotional gravitas.
Faceless After Dark (2024) Review – A Satiric Horror
“Faceless After Dark” has a lot to say and a lot to stab.
Killer Body Count (2024) Movie Review
Starring Cassiel Eatock-Winnik and Savana Tardieu, this Tubi release sends teenage boys and girls to a Catholic camp to repent and reform from acting depraved.
IF (2024) Movie Review
Starring Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming, and John Krasinski, in this theatrical release, prepare to cry as a young girl deals with her father needing surgery and imaginary friends grieving over being forgotten.
Lazareth (2024) Review – A Vague Dystopia
“Lazareth” feels like a first draft of an intriguing dystopia.
Babes (2024) Movie Review
“Babes,” starring Ilana Glazer of “Broad City” and “Survival of the Thickest” star Michelle Buteau, lead Pamela Adlon’s movie depicting the changes a person goes through once they have kids, from their romantic to platonic relationships.
The Image of You (2024) Movie Review
Starring Sasha Pieterse of “Pretty Little Liars” fame, in this digital release, we watch as twin girls attracted to the same man create collateral damage in pursuit of that man.
Not Another Church Movie (2024) Movie Review
“Not Another church Movie” is barely a parody of Tyler Perry’s work and person, it is an hour-and-a-half series of insults.
Turtles All the Way Down (2024) Review
“Turtles All the Way Down” should have come out 10 years ago.
The Contestant (2024) Review – A Shocking Look at Reality TV
The Hulu documentary “The Contestant” conveys what happens when you take reality TV to its extreme.
Prom Dates (2024) Movie Review
As two friends seek out prom dates to hold up a pact they made as kids, you watch a film that seems as beholden to the familiar as its leads are to their promise.
Tarot (2024) Movie Review
“Tarot” scrapes the surface of the major arcana to create beings good for a jump scare but delivers a story that is more to holdover horror fans than become a classic.
I Saw The TV Glow (2024) Movie Review
“I Saw The TV Glow” contains a show you’d want to watch, in a movie which may leave you with mixed feelings.
The Fall Guy (2024) Movie Review
Ryan Gosling reminds you that while “Barbie” was a high point, there is a reason he has been working for three decades.
Infested (2024) Review – A Stylish Creepy-Crawly Horror Fest
Stylish, fun, and gross, “Infested” is the most effective spider-horror movie I’ve seen.
Breathe (2024) Movie Review
In this post-apocalyptic tale, Milla Jovovich continues to show she is one of the top action stars out there, but the writing and story don’t deserve her.
Boy Kills World (2024) Movie Review
Bloody and gory, as promised, “Boy Kills World” is an action movie that, in the latter half, tries to switch things up to possibly good results.
