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Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman suit up to save Marvel from itself
The post FILM REVIEW: DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE appeared first on CineGods.
Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum topline a space race romcom that crashes on the launchpad
The post FILM REVIEW: FLY ME TO THE MOON appeared first on CineGods.
In this imaginary friend story, the kid takes a backseat to the fantasy characters.
The post FILM REVIEW: THE IMAGINARY appeared first on CineGods.
Which emotion will this long-awaited Pixar sequel evoke: Anxiety or Relief?
The post FILM REVIEW: INSIDE OUT 2 appeared first on CineGods.
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt star in David Leitch's ode to stunt performers and old school Hollywood stars
The post FILM REVIEW: THE FALL GUY appeared first on CineGods.
It's Apocalypse Tomorrow in director Alex Garland's nail biting look at the violent end of the American experiment
The post FILM REVIEW: CIVIL WAR appeared first on CineGods.
Plenty of ghosts but little humor in this loud, frantic, and dull sequel
The post FILM REVIEW: GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE appeared first on CineGods.
Humans mutate into animals in this French allegory about Covid...or maybe bigotry...or queer acceptance
The post FILM REVIEW: THE ANIMAL KINGDOM appeared first on CineGods.
Adam Sandler is lost in space in Chernobyl director Johan Renck's technically accomplished snoozer
The post FILM REVIEW: SPACEMAN appeared first on CineGods.
Jeff Yang on his new book, "The Golden Screen: The Movies that Made Asian America"
The post Godcast #3: Mining the “Golden Screen” with Author Jeff Yang appeared first on CineGods.
Sony's latest superhero film is a super dud
The post FILM REVIEW: MADAME WEB appeared first on CineGods.
Diablo Cody channels Tim Burton in Zelda Williams' derivative horror comedy
The post FILM REVIEW: LISA FRANKENSTEIN appeared first on CineGods.
Jason Statham's latest is a serviceable John Wick knock off
The post FILM REVIEW: THE BEEKEEPER appeared first on CineGods.
What is he thinking?
The post Luke Y. Thompson’s Across-the-Board Top 11 Films of 2023 appeared first on CineGods.
A breezy superhero romp is crushed by the heavy machinery of the MCU
The post FILM REVIEW: THE MARVELS appeared first on CineGods.
Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway, and Marisa Tomei star in a near-insufferable quirkfest
The post FILM REVIEW: SHE CAME TO ME appeared first on CineGods.
Director John Carney's latest tuneful treat is also a star-making vehicle for Eve Hewson
The post FILM REVIEW: FLORA AND SON appeared first on CineGods.
A woman made of fire falls for a man made of water, in Pixar's great-looking but ridiculous rom-com
The post FILM REVIEW: ELEMENTAL appeared first on CineGods.
Leonardo da Vinci's last days are recounted in gorgeous animation. If only the story was animated too
The post FILM REVIEW: THE INVENTOR appeared first on CineGods.
This long-awaited sequel to the Oscar-nominated Ernest & Celestine is a lovely kids tale hiding bold ideas
The post FILM REVIEW: ERNEST & CELESTINE: A TRIP TO GIBBERITIA appeared first on CineGods.
Casey Affleck stars in director Bill Pohlad's easy listening tribute to dreams deferred
The post FILM REVIEW: DREAMIN’ WILD appeared first on CineGods.
Meet the eco-feminist pioneer and anti-GMO activist you should already have heard of by now.
The post FILM REVIEW: THE SEEDS OF VANDANA SHIVA appeared first on CineGods.
Zack Galifianakis is Beanie Baby creator Ty Warner in this colorful takedown of corporate greed
The post FILM REVIEW: THE BEANIE BUBBLE appeared first on CineGods.
Colorful characters and locations keep this British Pulp Fiction imitator from becoming too stale
The post FILM REVIEW: TALES OF BABYLON appeared first on CineGods.
Small-town misery and addiction pervade Stay Awake, but it finds optimism in brotherly bonds.
The post FILM REVIEW: STAY AWAKE appeared first on CineGods.
Carrie Fisher's final performance, as a blunt-talking good witch, feels appropriately magical.
The post FILM REVIEW: WONDERWELL appeared first on CineGods.
A documentary made by and for people who love Denver's jazz scene may not offer much more for others.
The post FILM REVIEW: JAZZTOWN appeared first on CineGods.
Tony Todd reunites with his Candyman director to play an Uber driver in the early days of COVID
The post FILM REVIEW: TRAVELING LIGHT appeared first on CineGods.
One bad night in Dallas' Deep Ellum district drives a broke pianist to desperation.
The post FILM REVIEW: TONIC appeared first on CineGods.
Multi-hyphenate Angus Benfield lacks the directorial instincts to do his own lead performance justice.
The post FILM REVIEW: YELLOW BIRD appeared first on CineGods.
Caddyshack has nothing to fear from this unfocused comedy of class disparity and golf.
The post FILM REVIEW: THE COUNTRY CLUB appeared first on CineGods.
A nice, clean-living DJ is clearly talented, but not especially interesting outside the club.
The post FILM REVIEW: ONE FOR ALL – THE DJ CHRIS VILLA STORY appeared first on CineGods.
Laurence Fishburne's son Langston proves as adept as dad in guiding characters through a simulated reality.
The post FILM REVIEW: DISCONTINUED appeared first on CineGods.
(IMAGE: Winterstone Pictures) Rating: 3 out of 4 While making her 2020 film, Black Beauty, in the Onaqui Mountains of Utah, director Ashley Avis became aware of the startling way wild horses were being managed (or mismanaged) in places across the Western United States. Out of this awareness grew action, resulting in her startling documentary […]
The post FILM REVIEW: WILD BEAUTY: MUSTANG SPIRIT OF THE WEST appeared first on CineGods.
Amiable stress-based comedy of nuptial complications just needed to be funnier.
The post FILM REVIEW: MY SISTER’S WEDDING appeared first on CineGods.
A multiverse movie on a micro-budget is one of the year's best.
The post STREAMING REVIEW: BACKWARDS FACES appeared first on CineGods.
An actor tries to impress an indie comics creator, in a story that would work better in the '90s.
The post FILM REVIEW: THE GREEN OAK GUARDIAN appeared first on CineGods.
An hourlong final interview by the icon, with some unnecessary added padding to make it a movie.
The post FILM REVIEW: BURT REYNOLDS – THE LAST INTERVIEW appeared first on CineGods.
This hipster noir spoof can't survive its obnoxious lead character
The post STREAMING REVIEW: BAD ROMANCE appeared first on CineGods.
Actor and filmmaker Robert Townsend discusses his breakthrough film "Hollywood Shuffle" on the occasion of its Criterion Blu-ray release.
The post Godcast #2: Re-Shuffling Hollywood with Robert Townsend appeared first on CineGods.
Southern Gothic and moody magical realism makes for a sultry crowd-pleaser.
The post FILM REVIEW: DEATH LETTER BLUES appeared first on CineGods.
Formulaic band-making-good period piece is inoffensive but overlong.
The post FILM REVIEW: KNIGHTS OF SWING appeared first on CineGods.
Geologist meets rancher in the desert, and it's best when not much ensues.
The post STREAMING REVIEW: UNCONFORMITY appeared first on CineGods.
A riff on Scream with a Santa killer is ultimately more amateur than inspired.
The post FILM REVIEW: IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR appeared first on CineGods.
Profanity-laden Canadian comedy deftly balances gloom and giggles
The post FILM REVIEW: HAPPY FKN SUNSHINE appeared first on CineGods.
The story of the Harkness Ballet unfortunately sidesteps the more colorful details for dry exposition.
The post FILM REVIEW: AN AMERICAN BALLET STORY appeared first on CineGods.
From animation to old age, ocelots, and axolotls, these were the highlights of the year.
The post Luke Y. Thompson’s 15 Favorite Films of 2022 appeared first on CineGods.
Actress-Producer CHRISTINA MOORE on Giving Netflix Reason to "BELIEVE"
The post PODCAST: How Christmas Rom-Coms Took Over The World, Part 2 appeared first on CineGods.
A new Los Angeles tradition makes waves
The post EVENT REVIEW: Holiday Road 2022 appeared first on CineGods.
More Christmas movies than you can shake a candy can at!
The post CineGods 2022 Christmas DVD and Blu-ray Guide appeared first on CineGods.
ESX Entertainment Chief ALI AFSHAR on How He Became Streaming's Seasonal Kingpin
The post PODCAST: How Christmas Rom-Coms Took Over The World, Part 1 appeared first on CineGods.
The biopic of a real-life alleged terrorist is best when it veers away from strictly factual reenactment
The post FILM REVIEW: YOU RESEMBLE ME appeared first on CineGods.
Spielberg's Most Personal Film Actually Isn't, But It Lives on a Fascinating Spectrum
The post FILM REVIEW: THE FABELMANS appeared first on CineGods.
A personal deep dive into one of the season's most impactful awards contenders
The post COMMENTARY: Black Suffering as Spectacle and Chinonye Chukwu’s TILL appeared first on CineGods.
Self-referential comedy about scriptwriting feels like an overlong improv sketch gone wrong.
The post FILM REVIEW: MURDER, ANYONE? appeared first on CineGods.
(IMAGE: Allen Ling Music) An AllenLingMusic.com Release. 2022. 6 mins. Grade: 3 out of 5 Heartbreak and learning to let go are the themes of writer/producer and performer Allen Ling’s trilogy of short films, each shaped as narrative music videos. A Name In Your Book is the middle film of the three […]
The post FILM REVIEW: A NAME IN YOUR BOOK appeared first on CineGods.
The Japanese cult Happy Science tries to start a faith-based franchise all its own
The post FILM REVIEW – THE DIVINE PROTECTOR: MASTER SALT BEGINS appeared first on CineGods.
A Los Angeles tradition returns to triumphant form
The post EVENT REVIEW: NIGHTS OF THE JACK 2022 appeared first on CineGods.
(IMAGE: Screen Media) A Screen Media Release, 2022. 96 minutes. Horror/Thriller Grade: 3 out of 5 A curse is at the center of The Accursed — it happens in the prologue of this effective horror-thriller which, while walking a well-trod path for movies in the demons-and-witches genre, still manages to boil with toil and trouble. Bad […]
The post FILM REVIEW: THE ACCURSED appeared first on CineGods.
Two Canadians linked by a childhood crime try to lose themselves in their individual obsessions
The post FILM REVIEW: 8:37 REBIRTH appeared first on CineGods.
An inspiring documentary about special-needs kids getting their ballet on
The post FILM REVIEW: EVERYBODY DANCE appeared first on CineGods.
A director of '80s comedies makes an unlikely comeback with this WWII romance
The post FILM REVIEW: I’LL FIND YOU appeared first on CineGods.
Samara Weaving shines in Hulu's new comedy vehicle for Eugenio Derbez
The post STREAMING REVIEW: THE VALET appeared first on CineGods.
In Stallone's New Actioner, a Rambo-ish Rocky Meets A Rocky Rambo. Or Something.
The post Film Review: SAMARITAN appeared first on CineGods.
Atmospheric kidnapping prank-gone-bad caper offers little beyond the atmosphere
The post FILM REVIEW: TAKE THE NIGHT appeared first on CineGods.
Of all the movies about terminal cancer ever made, this is certainly another one.
The post FILM REVIEW: FORBEARANCE appeared first on CineGods.
The location's the real star in this tale of small-town folks becoming suddenly horny.
The post FILM REVIEW: LOVE IN KILNERRY appeared first on CineGods.
Documentary on gay Catholic scholar John Boswell focuses more on personality than argument.
The post FILM REVIEW: NOT A TAME LION appeared first on CineGods.
A strong lead performance gets sandwiched in the middle of an otherwise uninspired Halloween riff.
The post FILM REVIEW: UNBOXED appeared first on CineGods.
How LOVE AND THUNDER's Opening Weekend Means Trouble for the MCU
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Baz Luhrmnann's exhilarating, frustrating, impossibly ambitious biopic is everything you imagined — and feared.
The post FILM REVIEW: ELVIS appeared first on CineGods.
CineGod Ray Greene Remembers Working on the Lost ELVIS TV Series of 1990
The post COMMENTARY: THE FIRST ELVIS appeared first on CineGods.
One house. 12-day shoot. $26,000. An impressive debut.
The post FILM REVIEW: BY NIGHT’S END appeared first on CineGods.
Effectively enervating three-character suspense offers up a truly loathsome villain
The post STREAMING REVIEW: STALKER appeared first on CineGods.
Michael Polish-directed revisionist western offers grit, suspense and a throwback '70s style.
The post FILM REVIEW: TERROR ON THE PRAIRIE appeared first on CineGods.
In a true immigrant success story, Canada claims the American dream
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Matt Walsh gender doc preaches to the choir but raises provocative questions.
The post FILM REVIEW: WHAT IS A WOMAN appeared first on CineGods.
Old-fashioned techniques combine to build a novel fantasy realm.
The post FILM REVIEW: MOON GARDEN appeared first on CineGods.
The Existential Sorrow of Bruce Willis at Twilight Finds a Touching Home in Sean O'Reilly's Caged Supervillain Yarn
The post FILM REVIEW: CORRECTIVE MEASURES appeared first on CineGods.
Some great footage of years spent on a boat, but little idea of what to do with it.
The post FILM REVIEW: JUST AN ILLUSION appeared first on CineGods.
A depressed paraplegic learns to be less suicidal by discovering heroin...and himself
The post STREAMING REVIEW: WHEELS appeared first on CineGods.
Business-themed sketches in three time periods never really get to the point.
The post FILM REVIEW: THREE ERAS appeared first on CineGods.
Can Kenneth Branagh's latest Hercule Poirot mystery make it safely into port?
The post FILM REVIEW: DEATH ON THE NILE appeared first on CineGods.
Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic is an epic disaster
The post FILM REVIEW: MOONFALL appeared first on CineGods.
A dystopian drama that works best when it remembers to crank up the paranoia.
The post FILM REVIEW: AMERICAN INSURRECTION appeared first on CineGods.
Pastoral indie is more than meets the eye.
The post FILM REVIEW: LOTAWANA appeared first on CineGods.
Boxed Sets, 4k UHD, books and much, much more for COVID-era cinephile consumption...
The post CineGods 2021 Holiday Gift Guide! appeared first on CineGods.
Fake documenting of a real pregnancy should have lost the script.
The post FILM REVIEW: SINGLE MOTHER BY CHOICE appeared first on CineGods.
Compelling interviews and never-before-seen footage give this first-of-many January 6 documentaries undeniable emotional heft.
The post FILM REVIEW: CAPITOL PUNISHMENT appeared first on CineGods.
Lynch's "Lost Highway" inspires an atmospheric but inconsistent night flight.
The post FILM REVIEW: LA FLAMME ROUGE appeared first on CineGods.
Montezuma's Revenge on an annoying couple leaves us feeling empty.
The post FILM REVIEW: BEYOND PARANORMAL appeared first on CineGods.
Pablo Larrain's latest portrait of celebrity agony is a movie that feeds on the corpse it seeks to sanctify
The post FILM REVIEW: SPENCER appeared first on CineGods.
Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot play second fiddle to the Netflix algorithm
The post FILM REVIEW: RED NOTICE appeared first on CineGods.
A documentary by a hunter unsurprisingly suggest that hunting will save Africa.
The post FILM REVIEW: KILLING THE SHEPHERD appeared first on CineGods.
COVID, shmovid – this contained character study would be a worthy indie thriller in any year.
The post FILM REVIEW: OUTLIER appeared first on CineGods.
Does Tom Hanks' post-apocalyptic road trip reach its destination?
The post FILM REVIEW: FINCH appeared first on CineGods.
A pre-pandemic classic makes a triumphant return.
The post CONCERT REVIEW: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS appeared first on CineGods.
Will Marvel's big swing bear fruit or lay an egg? The Gods weigh in.
The post TOMATO SLAM: ETERNALS appeared first on CineGods.
The Passionate Amateurs of Dallas Punk Buy Themselves Another Round
The post FILM REVIEW: EVERYTHING IS A-OK appeared first on CineGods.
A practical guide to saving the environment by spending more money.
The post FILM REVIEW: SEEDING CHANGE: THE POWER OF CONSCIOUS COMMERCE appeared first on CineGods.
The Daniel Craig 007 era ends in an explosion of style, violence, suspense and surprisingly heartfelt emotion.
The post FILM REVIEW: NO TIME TO DIE appeared first on CineGods.
Venom returns in a sequel even more awful than the original
The post FILM REVIEW: VENOM: LET THEIR BE CARNAGE appeared first on CineGods.
With Her Feature Debut, Writer-Director Meghan Weinstein Earns a Million Likes.
The post FILM REVIEW: THE INFLUENCER appeared first on CineGods.
A sequel you couldn't possibly have known you didn't want is still a letdown.
The post FILM REVIEW: ANOTHER GIRL appeared first on CineGods.
Is Warner Bros.' intended reboot a step in the right direction or a well-intentioned step backward? The CineGods discuss...
The post Godcast #1: The Search for Black Superman appeared first on CineGods.
Bad Santa, meet Flawed Frosty
The post FILM REVIEW: KRINGLE TIME appeared first on CineGods.
When life delivers you into Orthodoxy, make Orthodox-ade
The post FILM REVIEW: PARALLEL LOVE: THE STORY OF A BAND CALLED LUXURY appeared first on CineGods.
Trust – who do ya? Not these people!
The post FILM REVIEW: TRUST appeared first on CineGods.
Evil time-traveling Muslim terrorists attempt to murder Jesus, and your sanity.
The post FILM REVIEW: BLACK EASTER appeared first on CineGods.
A filmmaker's fictional retelling of his daughter's death is more for his catharsis than yours
The post FILM REVIEW: MY TRUE FAIRYTALE appeared first on CineGods.
John Krasinski's long-awaited sequel to his 2018 hit is the perfect post-pandemic tonic.
The post TOMATO SLAM: A QUIET PLACE: PART II appeared first on CineGods.
Showcase for Young Talent Features Small Worlds and Diverse Pleasures, After All
The post FILM REVIEW: DISNEY’S LAUNCHPAD appeared first on CineGods.
Ultra low-budget tale of one man going crazy finds more interesting directions than expected
The post FILM REVIEW: BEFORE I’M DEAD appeared first on CineGods.
If you like John Rhys-Davies yelling – and who doesn't? – you'll enjoy this otherwise trifling rom-com
The post FILM REVIEW: BAD CUPID appeared first on CineGods.
This underdog jet-ski comedy will likely leave laugh-seeking audiences cold.
The post FILM REVIEW: HOT WATER appeared first on CineGods.
Real-life siblings bring truth to a fictional scenario in a specific real place.
The post FILM REVIEW: WEST MICHIGAN appeared first on CineGods.
Documentary reveals a fascinating Houston poetry scene, but never figures out what story to tell about it.
The post FILM REVIEW: P.E.N.S – POETIC ENERGY NEEDED IN SOCIETY appeared first on CineGods.
German historical procedural maintains enough interest to keep it by the numbers, but would benefit from a deeper dive
The post FILM REVIEW: EFFIGY: POISON AND THE CITY appeared first on CineGods.
The real war story was the traumas we sustained along the way
The post FILM REVIEW: THIS IS NOT A WAR STORY appeared first on CineGods.
Justice is served.
The post FILM REVIEW: ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE appeared first on CineGods.
Marvel's first series for Disney+ barely achieves liftoff
The post Disney+ Review: WandaVision appeared first on CineGods.
Lockdown got you down? Streaming running its course? Let the CineGods offer a few disc options to save the holidays.
The post CineGods 2020 Holiday Gift Guide! appeared first on CineGods.
Humorless Sundance hit is aptly-titled.
The post FILM REVIEW: SAVE YOURSELVES! appeared first on CineGods.
On Disney's Remade Warrior Princess, and Gong Li's Face
The post FILM REVIEW: MULAN… AND ON… AND ON… appeared first on CineGods.
Tim Cogshell weighs in on TV showrunner LaToya Morgan's directing debut
The post FILM REVIEW: TEAM MARILYN appeared first on CineGods.
Wade sums up the 92nd Annual Academy Awards and what they mean... and what they don't mean.
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Wade breaks down his pics for the 92nd Annual Academy Awards
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Delightful in just about every way, writer-director Liz Manashil’s SPEED OF LIFE still manages to ask more than a few uncomfortable questions about who we are and where we’re going as individuals, as a society, and as humanity. They’re the kind of questions that David Bowie asked in myriad songs over a long career until […]
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Cats delivers. Precisely what, we have absolutely no idea. But we know we don't want any.
The post TOMATO SLAM: CATS appeared first on CineGods.
CineGods have strong, spoiler-filled opinions about the new "Star Wars" and do not hold back.
The post TOMATO SLAM: STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER appeared first on CineGods.
Religious Two-Hander is Congenial But Could Have Been Incendiary
The post FILM REVIEW: “THE TWO POPES” appeared first on CineGods.
Oscar-nominated Director Stirs and Appalls with Another Unflinching War Film
The post FILM REVIEW: Feras Fayyad’s THE CAVE Finds Light in the Darkness appeared first on CineGods.
Woody Allen's latest is a victim of the #MeToo era and the director's increasingly tiresome stodginess
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