Much like its writer, director, and star Jake Johnson, this offbeat comedy-thriller has a disheveled, irreverent charm.
Category: Festival Coverage
“This Closeness”
The film has its share of cringe-inducing moments, plenty of Gen Z cynicism, and leans heavily on its low budget mumblecore roots. It works fine as a festival film, but I don’t see much appeal beyond those parameters.
“This World is Not My Own”
An unconventional, eccentric, hybrid documentary that’s as inventive as its subject.
“John Wick: Chapter 4”
A film that over promises yet over delivers for action fans. It’s inventive, violent, exciting, and exhilarating, with impeccably choreographed stunts and fights that provide a hefty dose of pure adrenaline.
“Polite Society”
A unique and energetic action comedy that’s an original, goofy, and quirky story of female empowerment and sisterhood.
“Appendage”
There’s a clever premise at the core of this psychological body horror film, but more thought is put into the concept and message versus the entertainment factor.
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