Love Hurts

Action-comedy stars Ke Huy Quan as a real estate agent pulled back into a life of crime

"...old life. Eusebio resorts to explaining their relationship through out-of-nowhere inner monologue exposition, telling rather than doing any of..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Heart Eyes

Squabbling coworkers mistaken for a couple attract the murderous attention of the Heart Eyes Killer

"...no cavalcade of red herrings or subplots that go nowhere – again, a seeming influence of classic rom-coms that..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

No Other Land

A Palestinian-Israeli team produced this Oscar-nominated documentary about displacement in the West Bank

"...get a shower, but the uprooted Palestinians literally have nowhere to go...."

Feb. 7, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The End

End times musical doesn't go far enough

"...of the splendid isolation of the upper class is nowhere near as ambitious as it needs to be...."

Dec. 13, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Terrifier 3

Art the Clown comes for Christmas in this extreme gore franchise

"...because she decapitated Art with a magic sword, that’s nowhere near enough to put him down...."

Oct. 11, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Is Fascism Still a Thing in Round Rock’s School Board Races?

Hmmmmm...

"...Zárate’s opponent, Joshua Escalante. “He’s kind of out of nowhere, and this happens during school board races,” Zárate said...."

Aug. 30, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Alien: Romulus

Fede Alvarez speed runs through earlier Alien films in this uninspired sequel

"...for 2018’s blighted and Netflix-backed Texas Chainsaw Massacre, it’s nowhere near bloodspray distance to their ghoulishly gruesome Evil Dead..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Miami’s bad boy police officers embrace getting older

"...it ensured that the most ridiculous narrative beats had nowhere to go but down...."

June 7, 2024 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Back to Black

Amy Winehouse biopic gives you all the details you’ll recognize from the singer’s tragically short life – but not much beyond that

"...as being from the USA, and director Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy, Fifty Shades of Gray) goes out of her..."

May 17, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

DogMan

A thief survives an abusive childhood to forge a soulful connection with canines

"...flick – the fictional Newark of Doug’s life is nowhere and nowhen. Doug is born of myth, too: first..."

March 29, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Out of Darkness

Stone Age survival horror echoes through history

"...fragility of life at the time, when there was nowhere to go, no help from outside, when miles could..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

All of Us Strangers

A ghostly meditation on grief that chooses the darkest path

"...love that wells up in us when it has nowhere else to go after losing someone close. Director Andrew..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Fair Play

Office romance and intrigue intersect for tension with little weight

"...But Fair Play goes nowhere surprising with that premise, which is why, after the..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

Nia Vardalos’ fossilized sequel to a sequel still has its charms

"...(Andreopoulou, stealing the movie) who occasionally appears out of nowhere to terrorize the tourists...."

Sept. 8, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

The Autobots get wild as their animal counterparts join the fight

"...it’s one Transformers has now resorted to with seemingly nowhere else to turn. This hunk-of-junk piece of IP commodification..."

June 9, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Eight Mountains

Touching depiction of male friendship in the Italian Alps

"...initially frustrated at being dragged to the middle of nowhere, burdened down by altitude sickness. Meanwhile Bruno is seemingly..."

May 12, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sick of Myself

Norwegian satire keeps the audience a safe distance from a narcissist

"...effects. Laughably pretentious as Thomas' furniture-based installations are, they're nowhere near as intrusive as her desperate attempt to be..."

April 28, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 21-27

"...(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Proboscis monkeys live in Borneo and nowhere else on earth. Their diet consists largely of fruits..."

April 21, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Renfield

Dracula's sidekick finally gets his day in the sun

"...flaccid romantic arc between Renfield and Rebecca that goes nowhere. This packed yet hollow script is one of the..."

April 14, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

One Fine Morning

An intimate depiction of the weight of dementia on carers

"...understanding – and that’s rather the point. Sandra is nowhere near catharsis. Who has the time for that?..."

March 24, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Outwaters

A trip to the desert becomes a found footage nightmare collage

"...Project, as videographer Robbie heads out into a scenic nowhere with his brother (Schamell), their musician friend (Basolis), and..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Birdman director seems painfully aware of his own pretensions

"...on a bus that appears to flood out of nowhere, experiencing vivid daydreams of anxieties stemming from his imposter..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Menu

Restaurant satire cuts into class and the culinary arts

"...narratives, last seen in the equally biting Thoroughbreds. But nowhere is Taylor-Joy better than in her moments with Fiennes,..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Something in the Dirt

Benson and Moorhead's pandemic whimsy takes on the perils of conspiracy theory

"...for every little incomplete story he tells. But with nowhere else to go and no one else to talk..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

God's Country

Thandiwe Newton finds darkness in the heartland

"...as there's no divine eye watching over this snow-covered nowhere. Turning Burke's 12-page story into a feature requires adding..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

House of Darkness

Neil LaBute takes a smart bite out of the vampire drama

"...of a castle, really) is in the middle of nowhere – remote enough that the nameless lothario can't get..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Liger

Telugu MMA drama floats like a bee, stings like a butterfly

"...poor directorial choices. Numerous songs pop up out of nowhere, almost completely devoid of connection to the story and..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

The Innocents

Norwegian "evil kids" horror delivers a sickening catharsis

"...by Aisha (Asheim), who "hears" people even when they're nowhere around...."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lovecraft and Rest Stops: Rebekah McKendry Takes to the Road for Glorious

Inside the pandemic roots of the new cosmic horror comedy

"...as a breeze block square in the middle of nowhere, and some of them are fantastic...."

Aug. 17, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Memoria

Tilda Swinton's sonic obsession will enthrall you

"...startling single boom that appears to be coming from nowhere in particular. This alarming auditory hallucination sends Jessica on..."

April 8, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

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