Tracie Laymon may have arguably the year’s best feature debut. Her adapted from real life story, Bob Trevino Likes It, is masterfully crafted by its entire cast, bringing the film to emotional heights and devastating realizations, resulting in a movie… Read More ›
“If at first you don’t succeed, lower your standards.” – Tommy Boy tagline For Generation Xers and Millennials, Saturday Night Live had a pretty strong grip on our popular culture experience in the ‘90s. Through various cast members (original and… Read More ›
Actor, writer, director Lau Kar-Leung is a staple of the Shaw Brothers Studio as evidenced by projects like The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978), The Shadow Boxing (1979), The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984), and Disciples of the 36th Chamber… Read More ›
Perfect people make for boring stories. The outcomes are expected because there’s no drama, no challenge, no antagonist. Imperfect people, however, are not only more interesting, they’re more accessible. So much so that it doesn’t matter how shitty their behavior,… Read More ›
Trigger Warning: Be advised that The Ugly Stepsister includes significant elements of body torture and body-related horror. Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister, having its east coast premiere during the Boston Underground Film Festival 2025, is the most graphically disturbing version… Read More ›
In the era of dating apps, many singles still fantasize about finding their forever partner in a Hollywood-worthy meet cute that they can recount to their grandchildren someday. While it’s a lot easier to secure a date for the evening… Read More ›
Trigger Warning: The film features excessively violent action sequences that may be troubling for sensitive viewers. This review will touch on a few of such moments. Sometimes you see a trailer for a movie and your immediate reaction is not… Read More ›
“In every generation, there is a Chosen One …” – Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 – 2003) Writer/director Eli Craig is no stranger to comedic horror between 2010’s Tucker and Dale vs. Evil and 2017’s Little Evil. While the latter… Read More ›
“Art can save your life … Entertainment will never be your salvation … .” – Comedian Josh Jackson. In 2020, as COVID-19 resulted in lockdowns around the world, twin siblings Ari and Ethan Gold began corresponding with their father, Herbert,… Read More ›
“Sooner or later, everything old is new again.” – Author Stephen King There’s a cyclical nature to things in entertainment. For instance, the things that are popular to you as a child tend to come back around as an adult,… Read More ›
Trigger Warning: There are several sequences involving flashing lights (especially in the climax) which may be difficult for photosensitive viewers. One cannot deny the infectious nature of co-director John Musker and Ron Clements’s 2016 animated adventure Moana. Between the culturally-specific-yet-universal… Read More ›
We were standing in the lobby of the King’s Mountain Theater in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, talking when Michael Flores (Date Night; Garrow) walked in. I was with Elements of Madness Senior Interviewer Thomas Manning III, director of the 2024… Read More ›
One of the weird things about today’s entertainment landscape is the move away from event-programming of the cable era to the always-available aspect that streaming provides. This means that one is less likely to be channel surfing late at night,… Read More ›
Published from 2006 – 2007, manga creator Imashiro Takashi’s series Bakeneko Anzu-chan followed a ghost cat, a bakeneko type of kaibyō (a cat with supernatural properties), and its relationship with the people who lived in the town surrounding the temple… Read More ›
“I don’t understand you. But I love you.” These are key words said towards the climax of Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, a somber slice-of-life film about two disparate sisters in a Black British family. Mike Leigh, a veteran indie darling… Read More ›
There is an all-time great story of betrayal, recklessness, and tragedy told about the events that took place among the yakuza of Japan’s snowy north coast, and it’s told through around 50 minutes of interviews included as special features on… Read More ›
There is no one way to grieve. There are certainly customs and traditions within communities and cultures, but there’s no single way in which each person is meant to process loss. With the digital age, though, the manner in which… Read More ›
In this edition of EoM Presents, Senior Interviewer Thomas Manning talks with writer and director Corey Sherman about his debut feature film Big Boys. This queer coming-of-age comedy has been nominated at the GLAAD Media Awards in addition to the… Read More ›
Old Guy, directed by Simon West (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider; Con Air; Expendables 2) and written by Greg Johnson (The Last Son), at least piqued my interest as an entertaining, silly, action movie with a cast that includes Lucy Liu… Read More ›
Theo James, even when he’s good, such as in White Lotus season two (2022) or the ill-fated HBO adaption of The Time Traveler’s Wife (2022), has apparently been miscast his entire career until The Monkey (2025). Usually playing a George… Read More ›