2018
Life of the Party may be one of the weaker comedies to come from Melissa McCarthy in a leading role, but it’s entertaining, pleasant and harmless enough to warrant your attendance if you’ve been taken by McCarthy’s previous work with Ben Falcone.
We were able to talk with the great Paul Schrader, director and writer of the upcoming film First Reformed, out on May 18th.
Overboard takes the basic structure of the original film and gives it a modern update, with Eugenio Derbez and Anna Faris both giving enjoyable and endearing performances while not losing all the screwball charm of the original.
Compared to other teen classics that have covered the same ground before, The Kissing Booth comes across as amateurish – and a tiny bit problematic.
Much like Neil Breen’s current filmography, the horribly-titled The Trough definitely has cult movie potential if it ever hits the underground festival circuit.
With a severe lack of thrills and a shortchanged main character, Breaking In fails in nearly every regard.
Inspired by Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, Terminal is visually and thematically strong, despite its over-simple script and occasional over-acting – all in all a promising directorial debut for Vaughn Stein.
Hagar Ben-Asher’s Dead Women Walking creates the opportunity for conversation and examination while humanizing those individuals that society has locked away without a further care or thought of.
Kristy Strouse reviews the inspirational documentary Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and shares her interview with director Aaron Lieber and producers Penny Edmiston and Jane Kelly Kosek.
Truth Or Dare has nothing to offer to horror fans with its bland characters and uninspired concept. The only way you should be seeing this movie is on a dare.
The Seagull is a gorgeous adaptation of one of the world’s most beloved plays. The characters are not always likable, but what the film has to say about love, art, fame, and other human desires remain powerful even in the age of Internet celebrity.
Asghar Farhadi’s Everbody Knows is a melodrama that takes itself too seriously – one that pulls in each and every direction to try and find some thematic footing, and ends up not saying too much about anything.
Despite Baker’s adept directional skills, and solid performances from the whole cast, Breath feels inconsequential, and the sombre visual and thematic tone feels like every other Australian social realist drama.
As well as getting a chance to check out witty theatrical drama The Great Pretender at Tribecca Film Festival, Film Inquiry’s Kristy Strouse also got to speak to director Nathan Silver about his film.
17 years after Super Troopers became a modest financial success and cult comedy favourite, Super Troopers 2 sees the characters return – and nothing substantial has changed in the intervening years, for better and for worse.