Category: Western
“Little Woods” is a thriller that thinks it’s too good for thrills
Nia DaCosta’s Little Woods belongs to a subgenre of American indie cinema concerned with poor people trying to hold on to the stability they’ve managed…
Review: “The Wind” is indie horror at its best
The latest addition to IFC Midnight’s horror catalogue is The Wind, a crossover between western and horror that I have been meaning to watch for…
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”: The Netflix movie of the Coen brothers to death suits them so well …
The universe of the Coen brothers in a setting worthy of the films “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” of Joel Coen. This is what the…
Prospect: A stylish science fiction movie that puts world building first
Writer-directors Christopher Caldwell and Zeek Earl show incredible promise in “Prospect”. Even if their feature debut ultimately falls flat Science fiction tends to be an…
Tom Cruise control and set-piece thrills in Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Director Christopher McQuarrie brings slick tension and fun to Ethan Hunt’s sixth adventure There is running, there is jumping and there is a fantastic punch-up…
Avengers: Infinity War is stunning, hilarious, and heartbreaking
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo create a superhero movie where nobody is safe The most definitive overarching issue with the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been…
Avengers: Endgame – Marvel’s ultimate love letter to fans tops Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War’s cliff-hanger ending left me fuming. The highly anticipated Avengers: Endgame, in theaters now, picks up the pieces of that story with a…
I was wrong about “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
I didn’t love the animated feature when it came out in theaters last year, but I do now. Here’s why Cast Shameik Moore as Miles…
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Apocalypse Too Soon
Eddie Redmayne stars as Newt Scamander, a “magizoologist” with a suitcase full of creatures in “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” the second installment of…
‘Aquaman’ of DC Comics Universe: Our Hero Swims. His Movie Sinks.
Nobody’s going to “Aquaman” for the metaphors. And to be fair, nobody put metaphors in “Aquaman.” Yet when a set of plastic six-pack rings drifts…