Will & Harper felt like Will Ferrell and his longtime friend Harper Steele, who helped launch his career in American comedy, decided to hit the road to process Harper's transition. The best part? You’re just watching two friends hang out. It’s refreshingly natural, set against the backdrop of a rarely-seen slice…

A Nearly Normal Family is a solid Scandinavian family drama with a mysterious atmosphere that lingers throughout the six-episode series. The problem is, it kind of drifts along without much happening—you’re left anticipating more but not really getting it. Honestly, if it had been condensed into a single, under-two…

I went into The Thaw expecting a solid Polish crime series, and on a technical level, that’s pretty much what I got. The setting in Szczecin and its moody surroundings really nails the vibe for a crime story like this. But over the course of six episodes, I just couldn’t warm up to a single character—especially the…

Ticket to Paradise is exactly what you'd expect—a totally laid-back film that's neither groundbreaking nor laugh-out-loud funny. But George and Julia know how to bring a cozy vibe to your living room, and they deliver that in spades here.

Rebel Ridge is a pretty solid action thriller. Aaron Pierre is a fresh face, and he's surprisingly great in the action scenes. The soundtrack is a win too—kicking off with Iron Maiden, which you don’t hear in films too often. That said, the movie drags a bit, especially in the second half where Jeremy Saulnier seems…

A horror/zombie/post-apocalyptic survival flick in which the most striking (as well as rather insipid and dull) motifs are sadness for a deceased partner and taking care of a cat. The second, more action-oriented half makes a better impression than the slowly unfolding first half, which looks very cheap and relies…

Lovers of brutal gore splatter flicks will surely enjoy the bloody, darkly humorous orgies, but all of the film’s other elements are rather weak and Terrifier 3 doesn’t work well as a whole. I will overlook the utter lack of a story, the incoherence of the narrative and the seemingly random attempts to add depth to…

A slightly above-average old-school horror comedy that’s enticing at the beginning due to its brisk narrative and nimble editing, but then, in a story about a parasitic mass engulfing a small American town, it focuses too much on the annoyingly affected storyline about a teacher who discovers that one of his students…

Directed with focus and economy, Un cuento de pescadores is a powerfully atmospheric, visually impressive, well-acted and slow-burning mix of concurrently told stories set in a single impoverished village by a lake shrouded in terrifying legends. The volatile narrative draws from original fishermen’s tales and strange…

A playfully and imaginatively directed cross between Everything Everywhere All at Once and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, but even more chaotic and energetic. The story is almost Dadaist, blending together everything possible, from a sci-fi movie about travelling in time and teen comedies to action-packed video games…