By Scott Cole ELVIS - * * * (3 stars out of 5) Director: Baz Luhrmann Starring: Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh, Film is a director’s medium above all else, and it’s difficult to think of any filmmaker who understands that more than Baz Luhrmann. It doesn’t matter if he’s... Continue Reading →
Ethan Hawke Terrorizes 1970s Neighborhood Children in The Black Phone, A Simultaneously Effective and Perplexing Thriller
By Scott Cole THE BLACK PHONE - * * 1/2 (2 1/2 stars out of 5) Director: Scott Derrickson Starring: Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransome A big pet peeve of mine in movies is the character of the small child who talks and acts just like the adults who have... Continue Reading →
Jurassic World: Dominion is a Locust-Heavy Disappointing Finale with a Smattering of Decent Action Sequences
By Scott Cole JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION - * * (2 out of 5 stars) Director: Colin Trevorrow Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum Forever burned in my memory, I will never forget my first viewing of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 juggernaut Jurassic Park. While I was 8 years old and arguably... Continue Reading →
David Cronenberg returns to his body horror roots with Crimes of the Future while Chloe Okuno channels Hitchcock through a female lens in Watcher
By Scott Cole CRIMES OF THE FUTURE - * * 1/2 (2 1/2 out of 5 stars) Director: David Cronenberg Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Don McKellar After two theatrical viewings and a lot of thought, I must be honest with myself that while I find many of the ideas put... Continue Reading →
Squeamish, Beware! Crimes of the Future Official Full-Length Trailer Has Arrived
By Scott Cole The master of body horror is back. After sitting for weeks with the provocative but typically enigmatic teaser trailer for writer/director David Cronenberg’s upcoming feature Crimes of the Future, the official full-length trailer has just dropped Friday, and it promises a wild ride from the love-him-or-hate-him Canadian filmmaker. This new trailer reveals... Continue Reading →