We Bury the Dead features a strong central performance from Daisy Ridley (Ophelia), but, unfortunately, that standout performance is not enough to elevate a film weighed down by familiar genre problems and uneven storytelling. While Ridley brings emotional commitment and… Read More ›
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“Hamlet” is a fun shadow play of its own ambition.
Times are so tough that even Hamlet no longer dreams of shadows. Instead, as Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal; Bait) says of the Prince he dreamt his whole life of playing “Hamlet is someone who is grieving the illusion that… Read More ›
Filmmaker Zak Hilditch’s zombie horror drama reminds us that “We Bury the Dead” to say goodbye.
At the start of 2025, the documentary Eternal You from co-directors Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck released on digital and VOD. The feature sought to explore the ways in which companies are developing artificial intelligence to participate in the grieving… Read More ›
Bobby Farrelly’s “Driver’s Ed” forgets to disengage the brakes on the comedy. [TIFF]
The Farrelly brothers should be rather synonymous with crude, hilarious, and downright ingenious comedy, but something between the late ‘80s to early ‘00s and now has changed and that brand of sexualized, crude, frankly dumb comedy no longer is what… Read More ›
“Jazzy” brings friendship to the forefront.
Discovery itself is at risk. Last week I bought the 2-disc special edition of Sam Rami’s Drag Me to Hell (2009) at Eides Entertainment in Pittsburgh because I was scanning for Spike Lee’s Clockers (1995), and scanning titles with your… Read More ›
Justin Kurzel’s true crime adaptation “The Order” comes home on Blu-ray.
The neo-western/crime drama has become a cinema staple. Early classic examples include Lone Star (1952), Hud (1963), and Paris, Texas (1984). More recent films like No Country for Old Men (2007), Sicario (2015), Hell or High Water (2016), and Wind… Read More ›
Q-Bits: Open Dialogue with “The Order” actors Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult.
On this episode of Meet Me at the Movies, Thomas Manning gets to pitch a question to actors Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult to discuss their new film, The Order, based on a gripping true story. Manning explores how the… Read More ›
Q-Bits: Open Dialogue with “The Order” actor Nicholas Hoult.
On this episode of Meet Me at the Movies (Open Dialogue), host Thomas Manning pitches a question to Nicholas Hoult to discuss his role as Bob Mathews in the film The Order. Based on a true story, this powerful film,… Read More ›
Hoult, Law, and Sheridan enthrall in Justin Kurzel’s latest project, true crime thriller “The Order.” [TIFF]
From Zach Baylin, the writer of Creed III (2023), King Richard (2021), Gran Turismo (2023), Bob Marley: One Love (2024), and The Crow (2024), and Justin Kurzel, the director of Macbeth (2015) and Assassin’s Creed (2016), comes one of the… Read More ›
Twisted rom-com “Your Monster” delights with familiar nostalgic aesthetics.
As a New Yorker born and raised, there’s one specific sub-genre that has always been a comforting media blanket for me: fantasies that take place in the Big Apple. From the time-traveling hijinks of Kate and Leopold to the animated… Read More ›
Open Dialogue with “Jazzy” director Morrisa Maltz. [Nashville Film Festival]
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 ›
Open Dialogue with “Winner” actor Danny Ramirez.
Join entertainment journalist Thomas Manning for an insightful conversation with actor Danny Ramirez on Meet Me at the Movies: Open Dialogue. In this episode, the two discuss Ramirez’s latest film, Winner, from Vertical Entertainment, as well as his approach to… Read More ›
Road trip dramedy “Bookworm” rewards the strong of heart and spirit with adventure. [Fantastic Fest]
Odd couple stories are the bread-and-butter of comedy. Putting mismatched people in situations (regular or irregular) is a breeding ground for hilarity as the two’s friction slowly grinds until it flares up. Add in estranged parentage with a little bit… Read More ›
Open Dialogue with “Winner” director Susanna Fogel.
In this edition of Meet Me at the Movies: Open Dialogue, Thomas Manning sits down with writer and director Susanna Fogel to talk about her film Winner, based on the real life story of Reality Winner, the famous whistleblower who… Read More ›
Dramedy “All That We Love” is a tender story of self-reclamation. [Tribeca Film Festival]
Loss comes for all of us. Doesn’t matter how solitary a life we try to lead, we will lose something — an item, a memory, even ourselves. With each loss, there’s a transition period in which we come to terms… Read More ›
Zachary Quinto and Jacob Elordi fail to find chemistry in the frustrating, incoherent road film “He Went That Way”.
The Road Movie. A film where a character, or group of characters, sets sail on an adventure, goes to visit an old friend, do a deed or just…go searching. Revelations are made, things are discovered, events in favor to the… Read More ›
“The Listener” enthralls with Steve Buscemi’s direction and Tessa Thompson’s performance. [Tribeca Film Festival]
Steve Buscemi (Interview) directs his first feature in 15 years (originally played Venice 2022) and somehow, without ever having seen anything Buscemi has directed, The Listener was not at all what I was expecting, but something much more grounded and… Read More ›
Meet Me at the Movies: Review Extra – “Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game.”
Did you know that Pinball machines used to be outlawed? I didn’t either, and when I saw the trailer of this lost piece of history, I knew I had to check out this film that took me back to a… Read More ›
“The Walk” refuses to hold back its punches, determined to highlights the horrors of the past alive in our present.
There is always a time and a place for politically driven movies to hit more succinctly with audiences and create a stronger emotional reaction due to current climates or personal experience with the subject matter at hand. There is no… Read More ›
Get a backstage pass to the inner workings of the theatre in “Tankhouse.”
It is very important to state that if you do not love the theatre, and no I don’t mean the movie theatre, then Tankhouse is absolutely not for you. However, if you love live theatre, everything from Broadway to your… Read More ›