THE FORGIVEN: Whitaker & Bana At Their Respective Bests
[Published at Film Inquiry] Michael Ashton is a playwright and screenwriter from Dundee, Scotland. Before he became a writer, he served...
THE LULLABY: A Sporadically Jumpy, Bland Horror Film
The Lullaby, the latest horror film to come out of South Africa, is the slowest of burners of a film....
LOOKING GLASS: Cage & Tunney Can’t Save This Mess
[Published at Film Inquiry] Nicolas Cage’s latest film, Looking Glass, is something of a Frankenstein’s monster that’s muddled in nostalgia and clichés. Looking...
THE MUSIC OF SILENCE: A Squandered Opportunity
[Published at Film Inquiry] Virtually everyone on earth who was born before the year 2000 has heard of Andrea Bocelli. To...
THE CURED: A Smart Reinvention Of The Zombie Horror Subgenre
[Published at Film Inquiry] Director David Freyne will no longer be a no name of cinema after his incredible feature film debut, The...
HALF MAGIC: Heather Graham’s Directorial Debut Impresses
[Published at Film Inquiry] Can you believe Heather Graham hasn’t written or directed a film until Half Magic? The Hollywood heavyweight has been...
SMALL TOWN CRIME: The Nelms Brothers Have Arrived
[Published at Film Inquiry] Renowned indie film directors and brothers Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelmscollaborate on their fifth feature film together with Small Town...
ABE & PHIL’S LAST POKER GAME: Rest In Greatness, Martin Landau
[Published at Film Inquiry] The late, great Martin Landau’s final film, Abe & Phil’s Last Poker Game, is a fitting showcase for the...
FREAK SHOW: Alex Lawther Dazzles In A Transformative, Career-Making Performance
[Published at Film Inquiry] Heavyweight producer Trudie Styler’s (Moon, Still Alice, American Honey) directorial debut, Freak Show, is far from perfect, but Styler establishes tremendous promise, a...
SHOT: A Gripping, Timely Pro Gun-Control Thriller
[Published at Film Inquiry] Shot tells the story of an expert sound mixer named Mark Newman (played ingeniously by Noah Wyle, also...