Late Night with the Devil is a chilling found-footage horror film led by a brilliant performance by David Dastmalchian. Dastmalchian stars as Jack Delroy, host of the late-night talk show Night Owls and member of an all-male satanic cult called The Grove. While his show was once one of the most popular shows on TV, rivaling The Johnny Carson Show for ratings (the film takes place in the 1970s), they have since seen their…

  Robot Dreams is a very sweet and heartwarming silent animated tale about a dog, a robot, and finding your person. Based on the popular graphic novel by Sarah Varon, Robot Dreams is set in 1980s New York City somewhere in the East Village. We are introduced to Dog alone in his apartment playing Pong on Atari against himself. Yearning for a companion, he sees an advertisement on TV for the Amica 2000, a robot…

  Only the River Flows is a tightly constructed crime film about a good detective who begins to lose his grip on reality when he gets too involved in a case. Only the River Flows takes place in a rundown city in Southern China in 1995. The buildings are dilapidated, the streets are dirty, and it is always raining. An old woman, known around town as Granny Four, is murdered and the prime suspect is…

  Club Zero is a bizarre, quietly terrifying film about blind faith and following new trends led by a terrific lead performance by Mia Wasikowska. Ms. Novak (Wasikowska) takes a job at an elite prep school teaching a new health class about what she calls “conscience eating”. Less than a dozen students join her class, but Ms. Novak has an immediate effect on them. Teaching the kids her conscience eating method seems simple enough, as…

  The People’s Joker first gained notoriety in 2022 because its premiere was pulled from the Toronto International Film Festival lineup at the last minute because, according to writer/director/star/editor Vera Drew, a media conglomerate sent her, “an angry letter pressuring to not screen” due to copyright issues pertaining to characters in the film. Drew was able to clear any and all rights issues and has been showing the film around festivals this year. The People’s…

  Killers of the Flower Moon is another sprawling epic from director Martin Scorsese. It is a gripping, three-and-a-half-hour-long crime western about an American atrocity that shows how America is rooted in blood and greed. It is another masterwork from the living legend and one of the year’s best films. Based on David Grann’s non-fiction book Killers of the Flower: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, Killers of the Flower Moon takes…

  As of writing this review, the superhero genre is a hot mess. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is lost in the world of the multiverse and doesn’t seem to be getting out of it anytime soon. The Universe seems stagnant and there doesn’t seem to be a direction to where it is going. DC is going through a revamp by bringing in James Gunn to take control of its new universe, but they might also…

  The Hill is a run-of-the-mill inspirational baseball movie about how one man beat the odds to make it to the pros with the help of the people around him, hard work, and determination. The film was co-written by Angelo Pizzo, a screenwriter who has made a living off writing inspirational sports films. He has written such films as Hoosiers and Rudy, along with a few other inspirational sports films, all focusing on underdogs who…