Top 10 Worst Movies to Win Best Picture
Sometimes, the Academy of Arts and Sciences leaves you saying, “wait, you chose that as the Best Picture winner?” People have said this phrase quite a bit...
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Author: Nick Kush
The Worst Movies of August 2019: John Travolta Stars in Another “Masterpiece”
Many of the most high-profile movies of August — Hobbs and Shaw, Good Boys, The Angry Birds 2, and even Scary Stories to Tell in...
The Best Movies of August 2019: Two Actresses Lead the Way in Star Turns
After Hobbs and Shaw — the cinematic equivalent of an eight-year-old boy smashing toxically buff action figures together for two hours — opened in theaters,...
‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ Showcases the Great Cate Blanchett…and Not Much Else
It’s never a good sign when a movie shifts release dates multiple times. That was the case for Where’d You Go, Bernadette, the latest film...
‘Blinded by the Light’ is So Damn Corny, But So Damn Sweet and Endearing
Spend five seconds scrolling through Twitter and you’re immediately inundated with existential dread from the impending doom of our entire species. The Amazon is up...
‘Luce’ Dives Head First Into Some of Our Most Perplexing Racial Ideals
Whether we’re conscious of it or not, we all abide by certain societal expectations. Some are harmless, some are exactly the opposite. Luce understands this idea...
‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ is a Darn-Near Perfect Crowd-pleaser
As a critic, there is the rare occasion where you see a film and think “my god, this movie is going to be HUGE!” I...
‘Aquarela’ Shows Climate Change Without a Filter
Nature is continuously beguiling. From changing flora to shifting land formations, there’s always something beautiful to behold. Take water, for instance, which is always changing...
Film Review – One Child Nation (2019)
Sometimes not getting into the screening you desire at a film festival can be a blessing in disguise. After missing out on seeing The Farewell...
Recent Flops That Will Become Classics in The Decades to Come
You’ve heard it time and time again: “Blade Runner was a flop in theaters”, “no one liked The Thing when it first came out”, “The...
The Worst Movies of July 2019
Praise the heavens! July was actually a solid month for film. With Quentin Tarantino debuting a new work and plenty of smaller releases which resulted...
The Best Movies of July 2019
These best/worst of the month articles are always an opportunity to express my exaggerated concerns with the industry as a whole. However, July was actually...
Film Review – After the Wedding (2019)
Hollywood has made a habit of repurposing buzzy foreign films into English-language stories. (Look no further than The Upside from just a few months ago.) Some Most...
‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Exit Survey: Dissecting Tarantino’s Version of the 1960s
Quentin Tarantino continues his love for film and history (and film history) with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, a sprawling story covering an actor...
Quentin Tarantino Wants You to Love Your Movie Stars…Before It’s Too Late
In 1994, Quentin Tarantino was on top of the world. He had just followed up his critical darling film Reservoir Dogs with Pulp Fiction, essentially crowning him as...
Every ‘Fast and Furious’ Movie Ranked from Worst to Best
The Fast and Furious franchise may not be everyone’s favorite, but there’s no debating that it still has a massive built-in fan base and has...
Film Review – A Faithful Man (2019)
We owe a lot to the French New Wave. Minds like Truffaut, Godard, and many more fundamentally changed how we looked at film. And now,...
Film Review – The Nightingale (2019)
The Babadook is one of my favorite horror movies ever made. What Jennifer Kent accomplished in that movie is nothing short of miraculous, so much so...
Every Quentin Tarantino Film Ranked from Worst to Best
Quentin Tarantino is one of Hollywood’s most recognizable auteurs, busting onto the scene with Reservoir Dogs back in 1992 and capturing our attention ever since...
‘The Lion King’ Exit Survey: Breaking Down Disney’s Latest “Nature Doc”
Disney’s remake of The Lion King roared(?) into theaters last weekend. And while it had an incredibly impressive opening at the box office for an...
Film Review – Share (2019)
I can picture the more standard, Hollywood version of Share in my head: it’s full of long diatribes, tearful wishes, and happy resolutions. A24’s Share, however, is far...
What Should Quentin Tarantino Do for His 10th (and Presumably Last) Film?
Many of us don’t believe Quentin Tarantino when he says that his 10th movie will be his last, and yet he continues to assert that...
Film Review – The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
Whether you’re looking at your Twitter feed, scrolling through an article, or even aimlessly walking by the TV as pundits discuss the day’s news, it’s...
Film Review – The Mountain (2019)
There’s a tendency for most of us to bristle when films attack us with uncomfortable subject matter in a bracingly puzzling manner. I suspect that...
‘Crawl’ Exit Survey: Let’s Talk About All Those Alligator Kills!
Crawl is exactly what you think it is: a non-stop B-movie with PLENTY of gruesome gator kills in the middle of an unprecedented hurricane. In...
Film Review – Crawl (2019)
Listen, I enjoy capital “C” Cinema. But sometimes, I need a movie where characters are ripped to shreds by dangerous animals in a bout of...
Five Must-See British Thrillers [Video]
Ah, the Brits. They have one of the most recognizable cadences around the world, and that distinctive way of life has carried over greatly into...
The Worst Movies of June 2019
I think it’s safe to say that June had the most unnecessary, high-profile movies of the year so far, and it might even keep that...
The Best Movies of June 2019
June was…rough. We saw a slew of high-profile blockbusters flop hard; most notably, Dark Phoenix will lose Fox (Disney) around $100 million. Other films like...
‘Midsommar’ Exit Survey: You’ll Have a Strong Reaction to It Either Way
Well, Midsommar was an experience, to say the least. Following up Hereditary, last year’s breakout indie hit, wasn’t going to be an easy task, mostly...
