Peter Cilella’s Descendent is a remarkable piece of filmmaking that intertwines extraterrestrials and the anxiety of fatherhood into one haunting experience.  Ross Marquand leads the film as Sean Bruner, a soon to be father struggling with the toll of his future. Sean is a hard worker with a desire to succeed quickly in time for the arrival...

Heart Eyes is ridiculous, gory, and incredibly self-aware, yet somehow underwhelms. In 2023 we received the Pilgrim in the form of the long awaited Thanksgiving feature, since then it’s been a little light on the Holiday slashers and in the year of the aforementioned sequel, the Heart Eyes Killer (“H.E.K.” for short) doesn’t quite capture my heart.  While...

Frankie Muniz is back in a big way, delivering a grounded performance that rivals the roles of his youth. He delivers such a role in Renner, a tense game of paranoia disguised as a romance with a science-fiction twist.  Patience is key, diving into Renner (both the film and the character) the audience has to accept that things...

A Marvel film, heck any film, relies on the marketing to get butts in seats. Marketing can be misleading, whether from the trailers, tv spots or the title itself. Captain America: Brave New World suffers from being a Captain America film, having an obvious restructure that has more parts The Incredible Hulk (Marvel can’t make another solo Hulk film...

Inheritance moves at a breakneck pace, capturing a world of paranoia at literal face value, as a kidnapping gone sideways causes our protagonist to evade capture by the authorities to complete her quest at hand.  Phoebe Dynevor’s Maya delivers quite the close-up with a unique cinematography that quite literally places the camera in her personal space...