FacebookTwitteremailApril 14, 2020 Parasites. Living creatures that can only survive by leeching off other living beings. We see them as pests, threats to our own …
‘Cats’ is a nightmare, deserves to be clawed to shreds
FacebookTwitteremailJanuary Israel Wheatley iwheatle@uccs.edu You enter the theater to see “Cats,” two hours pass and all you can remember is a fever dream starring Edris Elba …
A cinematic masterpiece: ‘The King’
FacebookTwitteremail12 November 2019 Israel Wheatley iwheatle@uccs.edu Rating: 5/5 stars Intrigue. War. Backstabbing. Timothée Chalamet. Three elements that “The King” does right. David Michôd does fictional …
‘Living with Yourself’: Two Paul Rudds is better than one
FacebookTwitteremail29 October 2019 Israel Wheatley iwheatle@uccs.edu Rating: 5/5 Netflix’s new series “Living with Yourself,” created by Timothy Greenberg and released on Oct. 18, echoes the …
“Joker” Review: The making of a monster
FacebookTwitteremail15 October 2019 Frank Carber fcarber2@uccs.edu 4 out of 5 stars Warning, spoilers ahead. With an air of struggle and frustration steeped into the tone of …
‘Hustlers’: a little naughty, a lot of fun
FacebookTwitteremail1 October 2019 Tamera Twitty ttwitty@uccs.edu 4.5/5 Loosely based on the actual crime spree committed by a group of exotic dancers in the 2000s, ‘Hustlers’ …
“Ad Astra” reaches the stars, but leaves some bits behind
FacebookTwitteremail1 October 2019 Israel Wheatley iwheatle@uccs.edu 4/5 stars Just another space movie, or a groundbreaking take on futurism? Or… neither. Slightly unknown director Josh Gray’s …
REVIEW: IT Chapter Two – Not for the easily scared, or the impatient
FacebookTwitteremail10 September 2019 Frank Carber fcarber2@uccs.edu 3.5 out of 5 stars Pennywise is back and (almost) as good as the first time around. ‘IT: Chapter …
REVIEW: ‘Where’d You Go Bernadette?’ lacking in mystery, packed with absurdity
FacebookTwitteremail10 September 2019 Israel Wheatley iwheatle@uccs.edu Rating: 3/5 A real enigma of a movie like titular character Bernadette Fox herself, ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette?’ by …
‘Ready or Not:’ the light-hearted take on typical horror flicks
FacebookTwitteremailIsrael Wheatley iwheatle@uccs.edu 3 September 2019 “Ready or Not,” directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet, takes horror cinema to… well, pretty much the …