“Small Group” is a film with great promise, a bigger than normal budget for a faith-based production and talented lead performers, most notable Emily Dunlop as Mary Cooper. Though the look is sometimes flat, the appearance is sufficient to get the aesthetic across in a cogent way that makes the film watchable to the end….
The stories of Clive Barker — one of the most famous horror writers of our generation — are violent and unforgiving. Moral clarity often gets tossed aside in favor of highlighting the animalistic behavior of the characters populating the stories. Blood is spurting everywhere, body parts get chopped here and there. Each page is basically…
Podcasting giant Joe Rogan has another career that hasn’t been highlighted nearly enough: actor. Rogan covers a variety of topics on his podcast, from comedy to feathered dinosaurs to Bigfoot. The man has never met a subject he couldn’t make interesting. That’s part of what makes his podcast so massively popular — although apparently not…
October is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “31 days of horror.” Don’t bother looking it up; it’s true. Most people take that to mean highlighting one horror movie a day, but here at FSR, we’ve taken that up a spooky notch or nine by celebrating each day with a top ten list. This article about…
In the No Time To Die Countdown, Jake Tropila takes a look back at every Bond film – official and unofficial – in anticipation of the release of the latest entry. Sometimes the Bond franchise becomes too lavish and unwieldy for its own good. When this happens, the natural trend is for the next film…
When Goodfellas was released in the United States midway through September 1990, it became an instant classic. Thirty years on, it is impossible not to notice not only the huge success of the film but the massive influence it has had on other films within the gangster movie genre. Decade Defining Success for Scorsese Upon…
Amazon Prime Video is the only streaming service with a cost that also gets you free shipping, and that, my friends, is a deal. They’re in the original programming game, but their biggest offering remains the ton of films available to watch anytime for Prime members. The complete list of new titles available to stream…
Queerly Ever After is a bi-monthly column where I take a look at LGBT+ films that gave their characters a romantic happily-ever-after. There will be spoilers. Also, don’t forget to buy your Queerly Ever After merch right here. The Perfect Wedding is what you would get if Hallmark decided to make a gay Christmas movie, and…
Prolific South Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo is back at this year’s New York Film Festival with The Woman Who Ran, a short but sweet portrait of female friendship and the ways that men can intrude on that safe space. Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival, the film…
Conservatives should cut Daniel Tosh some lack for two critical reasons. Yes, his Comedy Central showcase “Tosh.0” leans left, but it often mocks liberal hypocrisy along with shots aimed at Christians, conservatives and GOP figures. Plus, it’s one of the most consistently inventive comedy shows around. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe…
October is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “31 days of horror.” Don’t bother looking it up; it’s true. Most people take that to mean highlighting one horror movie a day, but here at FSR, we’ve taken that up a spooky notch or nine by celebrating each day with a top ten list. This article about…
A vacation is more than a vacation in Supernova, the latest from writer/director Harry Macqueen. Sam and Tusker have loaded up their RV for a tour of beloved friends and family spread across England. It would be a low-key trip, except it’s also a goodbye of sorts as Tusker has been diagnosed with early-onset dementia. In that…
October is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “31 days of horror.” Don’t bother looking it up; it’s true. Most people take that to mean highlighting one horror movie a day, but here at FSR, we’ve taken that up a spooky notch or nine by celebrating each day with a top ten list. This article about…
You have a lot of streaming options in the world today, but while most aim for broad appeal some go all-in towards a niche. Shudder is one of the latter, and that niche is all things horror. The service has a growing backlog of genre favorites, and each month they add older gems along with…
October is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “31 days of horror.” Don’t bother looking it up, it’s true. Most people take that to mean highlighting one horror movie a day, but here at FSR, we’ve taken that up a spooky notch or nine by celebrating each day with a top ten list. This article about…
Welcome to Horrorscope, a monthly column keeping horror nerds and initiates up to date on what to watch now. Here’s a guide to all the essential horror streaming in October 2020. It’s the moooooooost wonderful tiiiiiiiime of the year! Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThat’s right, it’s finally October! A blessed month…
A vampire, a cheerleader, a French Queen and a beautician who commits a hit and run. What do these have in common? Aside from being potential Halloween costume ideas, these are all film roles played by Kirsten Dunst, in a movie career that began at the tender age of seven and which has been on…
The very first shot of Unpregnant is unglamorous and deeply honest – teenager Veronica (Haley Lu Richardson) peeing on a pregnancy test in a cramped school bathroom stall. She’s anxious and fretting and just moments after we’re introduced to her, someone enters the bathroom and Veronica’s test slips out of her hands and slides in…
With the world in need of insightful films about race, social divide, and tolerance during a time when systemic racism has become a long overdue forefront cause to so many, Antebellum should have been a point of deeper discussion. Unfortunately, the film is too unsure of itself to achieve such accolades. Antebellum, directed by first-time…
What do you do when your center of gravity shifts so drastically that you can’t help but begin to float away; when your mother leaves you, your uncle rapes you, and your father dies because you try to seek your revenge, what do you do? As Haroula Rose’s feature-length directorial debut, Once Upon A River…
October is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “31 days of horror.” Don’t bother looking it up, it’s true. Most people take that to mean highlighting one horror movie a day, but here at FSR, we’ve taken that up a spooky notch or nine by celebrating each day with a top ten list. This article about…