Cinepocaypse ‘19 Review: Dark Secrets and Dark Humour in “VILLAINS” By DEIRDRE CRIMMINS Starring Bill Skarsgård, Maika Monroe, Jeffrey Donovan, and Kyra Sedgwick Written and directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen Gunpowder & Sky//MoviePass Films The entertainment...
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Overlook Film Fest ‘19 Review: Hell freezes over in “THE LODGE” By DEIRDRE CRIMMINS Starring Riley Keough, Richard Armitage, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, and Alicia Silverstone Written by Sergio Casci, Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz Directed by Severin Fiala, and...
Overlook Film Fest ‘19 Review: “DANIEL ISN’T REAL,” but the scares are By DEIRDRE CRIMMINS Starring Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Mary Stuart Masterson Written by Brian DeLeeuw and Adam Egypt Mortimer Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer To an adult, a child’s...
Chicago Critics Film Fest ‘19 Review: “THE NIGHTINGALE” Sings A Song of Revenge By DEIRDRE CRIMMINS Starring Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, and Baykali Ganambarr Written and Directed by Jennifer Kent Jennifer Kent’s 2014 grisly maternal horror film THE BABADOOK...
