Carson Cook 5 days ago Snake Eyes and Franchise Filmmaking's Fatal Flaw There's fun to be had with Snake Eyes, but the desire to set up future films undermines the film's strengths.
Rough Cut Staff 5 days ago Escape Room 2: More Dumb, More Fun The Escape Room sequel leans into absurdist puzzle-box terrors.
Rough Cut Staff Jul 21 Fear Street is a Miniseries Dressed as a Movie (Part 1) Fear Street Part One: 1994 works better as miniseries set-up than standalone film.
Rough Cut Staff Jul 21 Fear Street Part Two: 1978 is All Connective Tissue Fear Street Part Two: 1978 cannot stand alone.
Rough Cut Staff Jul 21 Fear Street Part Three Flops until it Flies Fear Street Part Three: 1666 is really a two-part miniseries finale
Carson Cook Jul 19 Pig: An Exciting Debut and a Return to Form Michael Sarnoski and Nicolas Cage craft a compelling, emotional, and strangely beautiful character study.
Carson Cook Jul 3 No Sudden Move: A Cynical but Crackerjack Thriller Soderbergh's latest has a great cast and a lot on its mind.
Jonny Diaz Jun 11 'In the Heights' and On the Big Screen (Finally) In the Heights is an ebullient love letter to New York City, an effervescent musical celebration, and a bold assertion of Latinx identity.
Carson Cook May 31 Cruella: A Fun Time Derailed by Narrative Loop-Closing Emma Stone and Emma Thompson elevate Cruella, but the film is bogged down by nods to the source material.
Rough Cut Staff May 24 Psycho Goreman is Weird, Dark Fun Psycho Goreman is unapologetically strange and just a little twisted.
