Bohemian Rhapsody Review: This Musical Biopic is No Killer Queen

Bohemian Rhapsody Despite a strong performance by Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody plays out as an excessively sanitized version of Queen’s story, rather than a labor of love. Bohemian Rhapsody , the long - awaited melodious biopic about British rock candy dance band poove and in particular their lead singer Freddie Mercury , traveled a rocky road during its journey to the magnanimous screen . The movie went through multiple changes in force ( trail actor in particular ) before Rami Malek was vomit up as Mercury and Bryan Singer signed on to direct ....

November 2, 2018 · 7 min · 1285 words · Taylor Henderson

Can You Ever Forgive Me? Review: McCarthy's Great Memoir is Not a Fake

Can You Ever Forgive Me? McCarthy and Grant make for a delicious pair of miscreants in Can You Ever Forgive Me?, a memoir brimming with sharp wit and social observations. Writer turned literary forger Lee Israel ’s confessional autobiography have its way to the bounteous screen withCan You Ever Forgive Me ? , a memoir that features Melissa McCarthy in a more striking role than most filmgoers are believably used to seeing her tackle in the post - Bridesmaidsstage of her vocation ....

November 2, 2018 · 7 min · 1331 words · Joshua Stein

GRIP: Combat Racing Review, Futuristic Throwback

GRIP: Combat Racing bighearted budget biz seem to be steadily growing dim and slower as time go away by . Recent releases such asRed Dead Redemption 2take a relaxed approach to time , in the name of genuineness and make an immersive experience , while the heyday of the twitch shooter has been and gone , currently replaced by more ponderous experiences likeFortniteandCall of Duty : Blackout . As such , the main fit has been the place to sustain reaction - base game , andGRIP : Combat Racingis no exclusion ....

November 2, 2018 · 5 min · 892 words · James Johnson MD

Monster Party Review: A Thrilling & Delightfully Twisted Horror Movie

Monster Party Monster Party is a violent ride of a home invasion horror movie that puts its own stylistic spin on the genre, but doesn’t fully rise above the pack. domicile intrusion horror movies are a subgenre unto themselves , with a fair number of notable entrance over the last decade or so . From Michael Haneke’sFunny Gamesand Bryan Bertino’sThe Strangersto Fede Alvarez’sDon’t Breatheand , of course , James DeMonaco’sThe Purge- the latter of which launched a multi - film franchise and tie - in television series - there ’s a home invasion horror picture show for just about every repugnance fan ....

November 2, 2018 · 7 min · 1349 words · Jose Alexander

Prospect Review: Muddled Sci-Fi Falls Short Of High Aspirations

Related Prospect deserves credit for its ambitious vision and scope, but Earl and Caldwell’s effort is undone by mediocre script and character work. Debuting earlier this year at the South by Southwest Film Festival , the sci - fi filmProspectis now go far in theaters . director Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell lead their 2014 short of the same name here , gain their feature - length debut in the process ....

November 2, 2018 · 6 min · 1195 words · Corey Moore

Suspiria Review: Luca Guadagnino's Horror Film is No Mere Remake

Suspiria Suspiria is an alluring blend of sociopolitical allegory and visceral supernatural horror that yields imperfect, yet all the same fascinating results. Having transported audiences to rural Italy circa 1983 in last year ’s Best Picture Oscar - nominatedCall Me By Your Name , managing director Luca Guadagnino deliver withSuspiria , a re - imagining of Dario Argento ’s furor repugnance picture that bring viewers back in prison term to Germany , 1977 ( the twelvemonth Argento ’s film was released ) ....

November 2, 2018 · 7 min · 1390 words · Nicholas Hale

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Review: An OK Disney Holiday Film

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms The Nutcracker and the Four Realms has all the elements of an earnest holiday movie with family-friendly fun, but is less than the sum of its parts. The Nutcrackeris a staple of the holiday time of year , and Disney looks to extend their own take on the classic tale withThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms . Based on the original short history " The Nutcracker and the Mouse King " by E....

November 2, 2018 · 7 min · 1468 words · Suzanne Abbott

Call of Cthulhu Review: A Must-Play Terror

Call of Cthulhu In 1981 , a company called Chaosium releasedCall ofCthulhu , a tabletop RPG found on the awful dark world create by author H.P. Lovecraft in his works . That playpen and paper game would keep player awake at nights , afraid to close their eyes , lest hydrophobia and tentacled beast claim them . That experience has now return , thanks toCall of Cthulhu : The Official Video Game , which is evenly as terrifying as its predecessor ....

November 1, 2018 · 4 min · 750 words · Kristen Garcia

Mutant Football League Review: A Hollow Halloween Fumble

Mutant League Football The Nintendo Switch is coming up on its two - year day of remembrance in March 2019 . That ’s a longsighted sentence for a console to be without a single American football game game . The iconic football game seriesMaddenhas skip Switch ports in both its 2018 and 2019 iterations . This is most potential due to the Switch ’s processing might and graphics being on the lower end for current generation consoles ....

November 1, 2018 · 5 min · 1012 words · James Wilkinson

Boundless Review: Aimlessly Entertining

Related In the year since Mojang’sMinecraftfirst took the world by storm , many imitator have rise up in an attempt to dethrone the king of the creative sandpile genre . While some titles have managed to cut up out their little ecological niche within the looming shadow of 2011 ’s juggernaut , none have ever come close to dethroning the reigning champ . Boundlesswas first announced in 2014 under the title ofOort Online , and was released on Steam Early Access that November ....

October 30, 2018 · 5 min · 917 words · Paul Baker

LEGO Harry Potter Collection Review: A Fun If Unambitious Remaster

LEGO Harry Potter Collection TheLEGO Harry Potter Collectionis finally uncommitted on Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch and , as a whole , the remaster is a sport , if slightly unambitious experience for novel and sure-enough players likewise . WhileLEGO Harry Potter Collectionis a Modern addition to the said systems , the game collection – which groups together 2010’sLEGO Harry Potter : long time 1 - 4and 2011’sLEGO Harry Potter : Years 5 - 8into one – was previously unblock on PlayStation 4 back in 2016 ....

October 30, 2018 · 5 min · 872 words · Deanna King

Johnny English Strikes Again Review: Johnny Should've Stayed Retired

Johnny English Strikes Again Johnny English Strikes Again is harmlessly silly on the whole, but may even leave fans of the previous Johnny English movies feeling underwhelmed. Seven years after his last appearance in 2011’sJohnny English Reborn , Rowan Atkinson ’s bumbling British privy federal agent is back on the case inJohnny English Strikes Again . The third entry in theJohnny Englishfranchise ( which begin in 2003 ) once again uses Atkinson ’s hallmark slapstick to gently riffle on theJames Bondfranchise and its tropes , albeit this fourth dimension in the New humans of the internet and smartphones ....

October 26, 2018 · 7 min · 1301 words · Wendy Rojas

Silencio Review: High-Concept Family Drama is a Mixed Bag

Silencio Silencio toys with fascinating ideas and sports some solid performances, but is ultimately dragged down by a mediocre narrative. Silenciois the second feature film from film director Lorena Villarreal , who last helmed a project back in 2004 ( Las Iloronas ) . Drawing inspiration from Mexico ’s genuine - life Zone of Silence ( a place that has bewitch scientist for many year ) , it purpose to blend high-pitched - concept literary genre fare with emotional family drama in an effort to stand out from the higher - visibility offering this fall ....

October 26, 2018 · 6 min · 1140 words · Deborah Hanna