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1 day ago · Josh isn’t an outright villain right from the start in Companion.Much like Quaid’s entitled Scream character, Richie Kirsch, he initially presents as a schlubby, well-meaning Nice Guy™.Hancock wisely takes his time dropping hints that this dude is a bit of an asshole, culminating in another character (played by a scene-stealing Harvey Guillén, of What We Do in the Shadows fame) pointing ...

3 days ago · Mooney, who made his feature directorial debut with Y2K, seemingly needed more time in the editing room to polish his filmmaking style.As a comedic performer, he excels through subtle and self-deprecating humor that Saturday Night Live fans like myself anticipate when he appears in sketches. In a mainstream feature film, though, some of the ha-ha stoner stuff needs more meat on the bone ...

1 day ago · Despite Alexandre Desplat’s score tugging on the heartstrings, The Most Precious of Cargoes tries to refrain from overbearing sentimentality where possible. If anything, it’s the antithesis of something like Life Is Beautiful (1997), another story where a parent tries to hide the looming death that came with living in a concentration camp from his young son, coining an elaborate fantasy ...

Jan 6, 2025 · Vague Visages’ Going Viral review contains minor spoilers. Vincent Vittorio’s 2024 movie features Corey Feldman, Shea Pritchard and Aline O’Neill. Check out the VV home page for more film criticism, movie reviews and film essays. While Going Viral visually nails the 1980s era, the narrative ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Dead Before They Wake differentiates itself from most hard-nosed thrillers through its supporting characters. Alex, who openly acknowledges his poor interpersonal skills, communicates with his deaf father via sign language. During the film’s middle section, the protagonist opens up to his female love interest, Gemma (the wonderful Grace Cordell) — a teacher/exotic dancer who desperately ...

Jan 10, 2025 · Dream Team’s visual style and wink-of-the-eye humor will please stoners and the midnight movie crowd. As a whole, however, the messaging is incredibly sloppy. Furthermore, Horn and Kalman underutilize one of France’s best young actresses, Garrel (Google her family history), who should ideally be front and center from beginning to end.Instead, the filmmakers assemble a series of bizarre ...

May 29, 2024 · Vague Visages’ Whenever I’m Alone with You review contains minor spoilers.Guillaume Campanacci and Vesper Egon’s 2023 movie features themselves in the lead roles. Check out the VV home page for more film reviews, along with cast/character summaries, streaming guides and complete soundtrack song listings.. Bold and provocative, Whenever I’m Alone with You is a major improvement upon ...

Jun 4, 2024 · Vague Visages’ Pandemonium review contains minor spoilers.Quarxx’s 2023 movie on Amazon, Apple and Arrow Player features Arben Bajraktaraj, Hugo Dillon and Ophélia Kolb. Check out the VV home page for more film reviews, along with cast/character summaries, streaming guides and complete soundtrack song listings.. Horror fans shouldn’t expect a clean and traditional narrative structure ...

Mar 4, 2024 · Vague Visages’ Double Down South review contains minor spoilers.Tom Schulman’s 2022 movie on Amazon, Apple and Vudu features Kim Coates, Lili Simmons and Igby Rigney.Check out the VV home page for more film reviews, along with cast/character summaries, streaming guides and complete soundtrack song listings.. Lili Simmons plays it perfectly in Double Down South, a cinematic descendant of ...