7 Days

COVID rom-com is a breezy look at modern arranged marriages

"...clear from moment one that it’s going pretty much nowhere, even if they work hard to keep up the..."

March 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Gold

Desert survival drama leaves Zac Efron baking in the sun

"...One is in the desert in the middle of nowhere. He’s hitching a ride with Man Two on the..."

March 11, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Dog

Channing Tatum picks up a canine pal in army vet drama

"...as heavy-duty as American Sniper in this regard, coming nowhere close to carrying the political baggage of that controversial..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Encanto

Disney's latest animated family adventure is magical if not overly memorable

"...like a companion piece to Coco, but it has nowhere near the same emotional heft as that far superior..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

No Time to Die

Daniel Craig's last Bond adventure is a misfire

"...slower and less engaging than ever before. Subplots go nowhere, new characters are dropped in with little payoff (exactly..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Boss Baby: Family Business

Why is a movie about a talking baby this convoluted?

"...Dr. Armstrong, fits in well here, while the occasional out-of-nowhere appearance of an ashen-skinned urchin with a magenta mop..."

July 2, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To

Modern vampire horror crumbles to reveal a tragedy of codependence

"...In this rusted nowhere, options are truly limited, and writer/director Jonathan Cuartas leaves..."

June 25, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Missing in Brooks County Explores a New Location for the Immigration Crisis

Cine Las Americas selection explores death [not] on the border

"...north of the Rio Grande on I-281. "It is nowhere near the border," said documentarian Jeff Bemiss, who noted..."

June 4, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Silo

Farming accident drama is more than just a long PSA

"...kid in a farming community in the middle of nowhere, gets caught as the grain starts to slip. The..."

May 7, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Limbo

Immigration dramedy shipwrecks Syrian migrants in Scotland

"...they put us out here in the middle of nowhere to try and break us,” he says matter-of-factly...."

April 30, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Moffie

Brutality and sexual awakening in Apartheid-era South Africa

"...War in the latter section of the movie go nowhere, the saving grace here is the sly commentary in..."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Toll

A rideshare into cosmic horror is just worth paying attention

"...rude, and has dragged him to the middle of nowhere, then falsely accused him of taking a wrong turn..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

F.T.A

The suppressed anti-Vietnam war cabaret finally hits the spotlight

"...falling. As deployed soldiers became more disillusioned with the nowhere conflict in southeast Asia, however, the antiwar movement born..."

March 12, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Wanting Mare

Enigmatic and beautiful futuristic drama speaks in dreams

"...future. Whithren is a febrile seaside city, a transposed nowhere, a Mediterranean coastal port with an ancient seawall (ancient..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hunted

Oddball riff on Red Riding Hood gets weirder and wilder

"...in this European co-production, not quite giving it an anywhere/nowhere feel but more placing it in a sort of..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wonder Woman 1984

Diana Prince stars in an all-new episode of I Love the ’80s

"...she’s shocked when Steve (Pine) suddenly appears out of nowhere, as baffled about his spontaneous resurrection as she is...."

Jan. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pinocchio

Latest retelling of the children's classic gets tangled in its own strings

"...both his voice and visage, and appears out of nowhere often enough, that it seems like he’s in his..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Bloodhound

Poe adaptation relishes tone over text

"...you to their empty house in the middle of nowhere through a missive laden with implications, don't go. Alas,..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Half Brothers

Screwball road trip comedy should have stayed in the garage

"...cute to cut to when a scene is going nowhere. When they finally get to the third-act playing of..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

True to the Game 2

Trust us, you'd be better off playing tiddlywinks

"...Apart from the nowhere storyline devoid of any interesting character development or conflict,..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Coming Out of the Ashes

After Election 2020, it’s not right, but it’s OK

"...least 3 million more than the incumbent. Democrats are nowhere near taking control of the U.S. Senate, and thus..."

Nov. 6, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Spell

Appalachian hoodoo horror flips the switch on hillbilly cinema

"...old lady in a town in the middle of nowhere who happens to practice a backwoods form of hoodoo...."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Shithouse

Awkward college romance gets a timely, heartfelt revamp with this astonishing debut

"...studious naturalism of mumblecore, both in presentation and execution. Nowhere is that clearer than in cinematographer Rachel Klein's sensitive..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Teddy

French werewolf comedy has a tragic bite

"...young man on the verge of realizing he's going nowhere. There's a subtle hint of desperation, much of it..."

Sept. 28, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Alone

Neo-slasher is quietly effective and bloodily harsh

"...sets off on a road trip to somewhere and nowhere, but every place she stops she seems to run..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Dark Divide

David Cross searches for sasquatch and heals his soul in this wilderness wonder

"...quiet man with a knapsack full of emotions and nowhere to unpack them...."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Feels Good, Man

The tragic story of Pepe the Frog

"...Nowhere has that been more apparent than in the case..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Get Duked!

Gloriously idiotic horror-comedy pits Scottish youth against aristocratic killers

"...Where they are is, colloquially, the middle of arse-nowhere being forced to complete the Duke of Edinburgh award...."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantasia Review: The Oak Room

Canadian crime labyrinth cuts deep and cold

"...a place near nothing and on the way from nowhere to nowhere in particular. He disappeared a few years..."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Vanished

Thomas Jane and Anne Heche hunt for their daughter, and everyone's a suspect

"...are on an RV trip to the middle of nowhere when their daughter Taylor (played by twins KK and..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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