On this new episode of EoM Presents, EoM Contributor Joel Winstead sits down with Magpie actor Shazad Latif. Among the many things they discuss in this brief conversation, they chat about how Shazad became attached to Magpie, how he approached the… Read More ›
Hallie Meyers-Shyer hasn’t written or directed a feature (or anything) since 2017’s Home Again, which was a very schmaltzy movie with Reese Witherspoon (Sing 2). So, when her new movie cast Michael Keaton (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance))… Read More ›
“And so he told me his secret formula for happiness. Part one of the two-part plan was that I should just get on with ordinary life, living it day by day, like anyone else. But then came part two of… Read More ›
On this new episode of EoM Presents, EoM Contributor Joel Winstead sits down with Magpie director Sam Yates. In discussing the film, they cover elements such as the process for Yates joining the production, his directorial inspiration, Laura Bellingham’s cinematography, and… Read More ›
Last Month, Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina, washing away Chimney Rock and much of Asheville. A week and a half later, Hurricane Milton swung across Florida, hitting areas already recovering from Helene, and dropping 41 tornados on the state…. Read More ›
1996’s Jan de Bont action-drama Twister changed a lot of lives. Led by Bill Paxton (True Lies) and Helen Hunt (Cast Away), the film would be responsible for endless quotes when a storm would hit (“Cow.”), when folks are hungry… Read More ›
After releasing several other Tinto Brass restorations, Cult Epics sets their sights on a third, the 2000 sex rom-com Cheeky!. Accompanied by the usual Cult Epics refinements, Cheeky! is coming available with a standard HD edition and a limited edition two-disc 4K… Read More ›
By this point in 2024, there’ve been three M. Night Shyamalan projects released in theaters or on streaming. In August, serial killer thriller Trap starring Josh Hartnett (Oppenheimer; The Faculty) and Shyamalan’s daughter, Saleka Shyamalan, landed in theaters and comes… Read More ›
During Fantasia International Film Festival 2024, Well Go USA premiered Alexander J. Farrell’s The Beast Within, a psychological thriller led by Kit Harington. After a theatrical run and a digital release during the summer, Well Go is set to unveil a… Read More ›
EoM Senior Interviewer Thomas Manning recently attended the Nashville Film Festival on behalf of Meet Me at the Movies and sat down with director Morrisa Maltz to discuss her film Jazzy. Starring Jasmine Bearkiller Shangreaux as herself, Jazzy is a… Read More ›
In what could be described as a movie that lives in the same spiritual world as Daina Oniunas-Pusić’s Tuesday (2023), Andrea Arnold’s Bird, similar in vibes and tonal elements in storytelling, focuses on coming-of-age and growing up faster than needed… Read More ›
Why do once-beloved directors fall out of favor with the public, even when they feel that they have grown as artists? Welcome back to Blockbuster Bets, an Elements of Madness series exploring one of 2024’s biggest stories: the directors, established… Read More ›
Long before Knives Out (2019) and Poker Face (2023 – ?), Rian Johnson was starting his whodunnits by showing us the dead body. Brick (2005) has a new release out from Kino Lober, and, surprising no one ever, the compositions… Read More ›
In 2002, two-time Academy Award nominated writer and director M. Night Shyamalan was still trying to live up to the hype from The Sixth Sense (1999), a massive success and guarantor for a career that would become one of the… Read More ›
Romantic films are easy to find. There are entire network television channels dedicated to them, but finding one rom-com that is so brilliant yet mediocre is a magical feat. And that isn’t necessarily a back-handed compliment but more commentary on… Read More ›
The Luckiest Man in America is both the title of Samir Oliveros’s second feature and also could be used to identify the star of the movie, someone who exploded onto the scene a few years back and continues to shine… Read More ›
This summer, if you could feel it, you chased it. And chase it you did. Now, director Lee Isaac Chung’s disaster flick Twisters is coming home with a digital-to-own premium edition and physical formats in the month of October. Courtesy… Read More ›
Trigger Warning: Kinds of Kindness is a darkly comic film that features murder, maiming, and sexual assault. Some elements, even handled with thought and care, may be troubling for some audiences. Growing up in the South you learn very quickly… Read More ›
Trigger warning: Themes that will be discussed in this review include pedophilia, rape, and incest. Masturbation and sex are also largely discussed and analyzed, so maybe just get the bath ready for when you’re done with this review and you… Read More ›
Angie Dickinson (Rio Bravo; Dressed to Kill) was famously beautiful, and a defining example of the “sexpot” archetype of Hollywood movie star in mid-century cinema. She was beautiful, and men loved looking at her butt and bust. That’s basically what… Read More ›