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In the latest of our Video Dispatch series, we discuss the recent home video releases The Mule, Dragged Across Concrete, and Blaze.
A rare superhero movie that highlights the ordinary alongside the extraordinary, Fast Color is a bold and breathtaking spin on the genre that deserves to be seen as widely as any movie released under the Marvel banner.
With horror movie clichés lurking around every corner and a script that’s difficult to digest, The Curse of La Llorona will likely meet the void where bad horror flicks go to be forgotten.
Despite its many flaws and shortcomings, The Body At Brighton Rock is enjoyable when taken as a cheap comedy with some high tension moments.
The Silence is worth a watch because of Stanley Tucci alone, but if you crave a good film, just pick up a copy of A Quiet Place instead.
DaCosta makes a promising debut with Little Woods, showing an ambitious thematic depth while keeping the story affectingly small.
Lost Child has an unquestionably compelling foundation, but it becomes too drenched in its own sentimental messaging.
Red Joan is suffocatingly mediocre, a political thriller with no interest in the politics of the story, or anything remotely thrilling.
Three episodes in and the new Twilight Zone has been way too blatant so far, hopefully the remaining episodes aren’t as predictable.
The Burial of Kojo is an aesthetically accomplished debut for Sam Blitz Bazawule, but the narrative itself is far from perfect.
The Hummingbird Project is hell-bent on becoming a conventional thriller, never grappling with the theme of money’s corrupting influence.
Meme can be a brilliant thriller when it wants to be, but there is a heck of a lot of philosophising bridging those tenser moments.
The Curse of La Llorona is not original enough to stand on its own, relying too intently on jumpscares and with not enough focus on the characters around them.
The latest adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary has some interesting new ideas, but it never quite reaches liftoff.
While Peele’s The Twilight Zone is an improvement compared to the previous reboots, viewers are better off revisiting Serling’s original series.