Film Review

What’s the first movie that comes to mind when you think of movies about demonic possession? Perhaps it’s an abject horror film, like “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” (Derrickson, 2005). Or maybe it’s more of an action flick with religious…

In my quest to begin making my way down the list of nominees for Best Picture of 2022, I happened upon “The Banshees of Inisherin” (McDonagh, 2022). I had seen it advertised on HBO Max, and although I’m a Colin Farrell fan, I didn’t think…

This past week, SLU Film Club hosted a screening of “Mad Max: Fury Road” (Miller, 2015). At first glance, “Mad Max” appears to be an over-done blockbuster continuation of the “Mad Max” franchise—overcompensating for its underdeveloped…

As soon as I heard that Luca Guadagnino was working on a new film starring Timothee Chalamet again, I basically started foaming at the mouth. I will watch anything either of them create, and Guadagnino’s now-released “Bones and All” was no…

A couple of weeks ago, my roommate and I screened a lesser-known A24 film titled “First Reformed” (Schrader, 2017). We didn’t fully know what to expect—it was slower-paced, with lots of long-shot takes and seemingly pointless artistic…

Just three months before the Tony Award nominations are set to come out here in the United States, Britain has announced this year’s nominees for their Olivier Awards—the highest theatre awards in the United Kingdom. This year, a…

After a shaky phase four in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), the third “Ant-Man” movie within the franchise, “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (Reed 2023) looks to kick off phase five with a bang. Unfortunately, the latest Marvel…

If you’ve had a chance to look at which films have been nominated for best picture at the Oscars in 2023, you’ll find some of the most popular movies of last year— “Elvis” (Luhrmann, 2022), “Top Gun Maverick” (Kosinski, 2022), and Avatar:…