EoM Senior Interviewer Thomas Manning recently sat down with filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite to discuss her latest directorial effort, the sci-fi thriller I.S.S.. Cowperthwaite discusses the influence of her documentarian background on narrative filmmaking projects like I.S.S., as well as the… Read More ›
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“Which Brings Me to You” breathes some fresh air into rom-coms.
There are so many romantic comedies that come out every year, and so many of them follow the same formula that they become exhaustingly repetitive, just uninspired, and, regardless from how attractive the leads, nothing can save these movies from… Read More ›
Space drama “I.S.S.” is a tense thriller never takes its foot off the gas pedal. [Tribeca Film Festival]
There is always something inherently interesting to see what someone’s first made screenplay actually ends up being, and for Nick Shafir, that ended up being I.S.S., directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Our Friend), and it certainly sets Nick up to be… Read More ›
Jennifer Garner’s back in action with “Peppermint”.
There’s something deeply cathartic about a well-made revenge flick. Watching the mayhem unfold on screen while the hero pursues victory like an unrelenting Valkyrie, dispatching adversaries with dogged determination until they all lie broken and defeated at their feet. These… Read More ›
Moral codes are tested in ‘The Belko Experiment’, but who’s testing who?
We never truly know what we’d do in a situation until we’re placed deep within it. Sure, we can plan, practice, and pontificate about what we’d do in a life-or-death moment, but we never really know until it happens. In… Read More ›
The Monsters Within: 10 Cloverfield Lane Review
In early January, the Internet exploded with chatter over a movie trailer. It wasn’t for Marvel’s upcoming civil war or DC’s mega-bro slamfest between Superman and Batman, but a small indie picture from producing partners J.J. Abrams and Drew Goddard… Read More ›