A little over a week ago, I had the pleasure of attending the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival. Hidden in the antique stores, microbreweries, and cramped street parking of the city’s East Side, over 100 films were shown […]
The purpose of Sam Miller’s No Good Deed is consumption. The home invasion thriller where an exhausted mother Terri (Taraji P. Henson) battles escaped convict Colin Evans (Idris Elba) stretches into 90 minutes of unearned retribution. […]
By MEAGHAN CLOHESSY The failure of John Erik Dowdle’s horror flick As Above, So Below can be told through trailers. The first trailer, shown in theaters, depicts a psychological thriller, each character facing nightmarish vestiges […]
By MEAGHAN CLOHESSY It is nearly impossible to review Anton Corbijin’s A Most Wanted Man without the reminder of Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s death. The final two-hour performance (not counting his supporting role in the upcoming […]
By Meaghan Clohessy With the release of Blade almost 15 years ago, Marvel Studios understands the power of nostalgia. The studio can look back on its steady domination of the superhero genre in film. DC Comics […]
Meaghan Clohessy In 2013, director James DeMonaco introduced audiences to The Purge– a story where, for one night each year, citizens murder each other without reprimand. This parallel future added fresh angles for fears of home invasion, […]
© 2020 The Retro Set