MovieBabble
  • Reviews
    • Action/Adventure
    • Animation
    • Comedy
    • Drama
    • Horror
    • Science Fiction
    • Shorts
    • Superhero
    • Thriller
  • Streaming Reviews
    • Streaming Action/Adventure
    • Streaming Animation
    • Streaming Comedy
    • Streaming Documentaries
    • Streaming Drama
    • Streaming Horror
    • Streaming Science Fiction
    • Streaming Thriller
  • The MovieBabble Podcast
  • Features
  • Retrospectives
  • More
    • Surveys
    • Rankings
    • Top 10 Lists
    • MovieBabble Theater
Author

Nick Kush

Nick Kush

A current young professional in the Richmond, Virginia area, Nick founded MovieBabble in October of 2016 when he was a bored college student with nothing else to do. (And he kicks himself every day that his story isn't better.) Nick is also a member of the Online Film Critics Society, the Internet Film Critics Society and the Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association. You can follow him on Twitter @nkush42

  • Top 10 Lists

    Nick Kush’s Top 10 Movies of 2022

    by Nick Kush January 17, 2023
    by Nick Kush January 17, 2023

    In last year’s top 10, I remarked that we’d eventually look back on 2021 as a significant transition year in the history of cinema. Well, allow me to expand (and slightly hedge) on that proclamation:…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • DocumentaryReviews

    ‘The Super 8 Years’: Returning to a Time Capsule

    by Nick Kush December 20, 2022
    by Nick Kush December 20, 2022

    In reflecting on the year, a film that always comes up in my mind is Audrey Diwan’s 1960s abortion drama, Happening. Many would point to the film’s startlingly prescient release just weeks before the Dobbs…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • DramaReviews

    ‘The Eternal Daughter’ Is a Haunting and Beautiful Mother-Daughter Ghost Story

    by Nick Kush December 15, 2022
    by Nick Kush December 15, 2022

    There’s a palpable sense of “less is more” in Joanna Hogg’s brand of formalism. Her camera is happy to sit back and observe, only moving very precisely when the scene calls for it. Commonly shooting on…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • Streaming DocumentariesStreaming Reviews

    ‘Sr.’: Father and Son Share the Spotlight

    by Nick Kush December 6, 2022
    by Nick Kush December 6, 2022

    There must be some kind of small glitch in the Netflix algorithm. In the span of a few weeks, the streamer has released two black-and-white documentaries about a very famous person interviewing someone with Parkinson’s…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • Streaming DocumentariesStreaming Reviews

    ‘Stutz’: Peeling Back the Layers

    by Nick Kush November 23, 2022
    by Nick Kush November 23, 2022

    It’s almost staggering to think about how long Jonah Hill has been in the public eye at this point. 17 years after he really wanted those goldfish shoes in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, I sometimes have to…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • Streaming DramaStreaming Reviews

    ‘Blonde’: A Painstakingly Limited View of a Woman

    by Nick Kush October 8, 2022
    by Nick Kush October 8, 2022

    It’s been a more-than-a-decade-long odyssey for Blonde to finally come to fruition. Andrew Dominik was reportedly drawn to the project all the way back in 2010. A few hiccups later — casting shifts, financing issues,…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • MovieBabble Theater

    ‘Left Over’ by David N. Drake

    by Nick Kush September 18, 2022
    by Nick Kush September 18, 2022

    Nel packs up her late father’s home while simultaneously unpacking memories of their volatile relationship.   Nick Kush: I very much admire Left Over‘s preference for small-stakes character building instead of histrionics. There are no screaming…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • DramaReviews

    ‘Both Sides of the Blade’: Love Hurts…a Lot

    by Nick Kush August 1, 2022
    by Nick Kush August 1, 2022

    Leave it to Claire Denis to create the best representation of the pandemic onscreen yet. There are no Karens yelling over masks, no contagion spreading like wildfire. Instead, masks are a visual motif for the…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • ReviewsSuperhero

    ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’: Another Film Off the Rickety Marvel Assembly Line

    by Nick Kush July 26, 2022
    by Nick Kush July 26, 2022

    I had my come-to-Jesus moment with the MCU while watching Hawkeye a few months back. I had liked WandaVision and Loki enough, so why not try it out, I thought. Ten minutes in, the phone…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • DramaReviews

    I Finally Watched ‘Memoria’ in Theaters and It Was Amazing

    by Nick Kush July 13, 2022
    by Nick Kush July 13, 2022

    I’ll admit it, when Neon announced that Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s new film, Memoria, would embark on a never-ending, roadshow-style film tour across the country forever — meaning there will never be a streaming or Blu-ray release…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • Streaming DramaStreaming Reviews

    ‘Hustle’ Quickly Joins the Ranks of the Best Basketball Movies

    by Nick Kush July 9, 2022
    by Nick Kush July 9, 2022

    Is it weird to say that Adam Sandler is now one of our most consistent actors? Let’s break it down. Dramatic Sandler is on a pretty serious tear with The Meyerowitz Stories (severely underrated), Uncut…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • Reviews

    Sundance Film Festival 2022 Reviews: ‘When You Finish Saving the World’, ‘Brian and Charles’, and ‘The Cathedral’

    by Nick Kush February 10, 2022
    by Nick Kush February 10, 2022

    When You Finish Saving the World Is it the least shocking film development ever that Jesse Eisenberg, one of our most anxious, idiosyncratic performers, centered his directorial debut around two highly anxious, idiosyncratic characters? If…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • DocumentaryReviews

    Sundance Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘Navalny’

    by Nick Kush February 9, 2022
    by Nick Kush February 9, 2022

    The reported heinous acts committed by the Russian government sound like something straight out of a 1970s political thriller. And that’s probably exactly how they like it. “If you want to kill someone,” Alexei Navalny…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • PodcastsThe MovieBabble Podcast

    Sundance 2022 Megapod!

    by Nick Kush February 9, 2022
    by Nick Kush February 9, 2022

    For a brief moment, Sundance 2022 looked like it was going to function as a return to in-person festival moviegoing for the entire industry. Naturally, nature had other plans in store, so the entire festival…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • ComedyReviews

    Sundance Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’

    by Nick Kush February 8, 2022
    by Nick Kush February 8, 2022

    If you’ve watched an indie film or two in your day, odds are you’ve stumbled upon a movie about a white guy who just can’t figure things out. They have no idea what to do…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • DocumentaryReviews

    Sundance Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘Fire of Love’

    by Nick Kush February 3, 2022
    by Nick Kush February 3, 2022

    Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love is truly a sensory overload, and not just because of its staggering archival footage of gorgeous volcanoes. On top of that, it’s edited like a French New Wave film to the tune…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • ReviewsScience Fiction

    Sundance Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘After Yang’

    by Nick Kush January 26, 2022
    by Nick Kush January 26, 2022

    After Yang has one of my favorite recent open credits sequences: after a few muted back-and-forths, Jake (Colin Farrell), his wife Kyra (Jodie Turner-Smith), his daughter Mika (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja), and his android Yang (Justin…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • ReviewsThriller

    Sundance Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘Resurrection’

    by Nick Kush January 24, 2022
    by Nick Kush January 24, 2022

    Rebecca Hall has been on a tear as of late, starring in one severely disturbing film after the next, while also taking time to direct a very impressive debut feature in Passing (which continues to…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • Top 10 Lists

    Nick Kush’s Top 10 Movies of 2021

    by Nick Kush January 21, 2022
    by Nick Kush January 21, 2022

    I’ve given up on figuring out whether or not a given year is a “good” year for film. The conclusion is always based on a combination of personal taste and a willingness to explore. A…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • PodcastsThe MovieBabble Podcast

    West Side Stories, ‘Red Rocket’, and ‘The Power of the Dog’

    by Nick Kush December 14, 2021
    by Nick Kush December 14, 2021

    Remake cynicism begone, Steven Spielberg’s retelling of West Side Story is pretty damn good. The titan filmmaker managed to inject some classic Spielberg Magic™ into the musical that we’ve been missing in film for some time,…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • ReviewsScience Fiction

    ‘Last and First Men’: Contemplating the End of Days

    by Nick Kush December 12, 2021
    by Nick Kush December 12, 2021

    I often find myself listening to Jóhann Jóhannsson’s compositions as I go about my day, either those tied to the films he scored in the 2010s or his original works. He had a knack for…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • PodcastsThe MovieBabble Podcast

    ‘Dune’ Is Finally Here, ‘Halloween Kills’ Is Lame, No One Saw ‘The Last Duel’, and Daniel Craig Says Goodbye in ‘No Time to Die’

    by Nick Kush October 26, 2021
    by Nick Kush October 26, 2021

    We’ve waited and waited, and finally, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune has arrived. It’s a lot to unpack, but it’s undoubtedly one of the biggest moviegoing events of the year. We discuss our general thoughts on the…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • Features

    ‘Ratcatcher’: Trauma Never Fades

    by Nick Kush October 23, 2021
    by Nick Kush October 23, 2021

    The notion that a first-time filmmaker could blend the rugged, depressive existence of scrappy children struggling to get by in one of Glasgow’s most oppressive neighborhoods with a bizarre dream sequence that includes a mouse…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • ReviewsShorts

    ‘The Year of the Everlasting Storm’ Captures the Human Toll of the Pandemic from All Angles

    by Nick Kush September 11, 2021
    by Nick Kush September 11, 2021

    In a shocking twist, an anthology movie that has several shorts from some of our best international filmmakers is really good. The Year of the Everlasting Storm is yet another COVID-19-centered production, except it’s one…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • ReviewsScience Fiction

    Fantasia Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Glasshouse’

    by Nick Kush August 25, 2021
    by Nick Kush August 25, 2021

    So many pandemic-set films since the beginning of COVID-19 are about the immediacy of it. The near-instantaneous feeling that everything has changed without the time to possibly reckon with what’s happened. Kelsey Egan’s Glasshouse takes…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • HorrorReviews

    Fantasia Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘The Sadness’

    by Nick Kush August 24, 2021
    by Nick Kush August 24, 2021

    Almost every conceivable trigger warning is in effect for Rob Jabbaz’s pandemic horror movie, The Sadness. Saying the film isn’t afraid to “go there” is probably the biggest understatement of Fantasia 2021 — it’s undoubtedly the…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • ComedyReviews

    Fantasia Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Stanleyville’

    by Nick Kush August 23, 2021
    by Nick Kush August 23, 2021

    A mysterious social experiment brings a group of eccentric strangers together to compete for a prize. It’s the synopsis for many low-budget thrillers and dark comedies. And somehow, Stanleyville feels almost entirely divorced from the subgenre. You’ve…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • PodcastsThe MovieBabble Podcast

    No One Will Remember ‘Reminiscence’, Everyone Will Remember ‘Annette’, and ‘Prisoners’ Has Very Funny Character Names

    by Nick Kush August 23, 2021
    by Nick Kush August 23, 2021

    Sadly for Hugh Jackman, Reminiscence flopped hard this weekend, both critically and financially. Despite the crew wanting more mid-budget movies with movie stars attached to them, Lisa Joy’s directorial debut just didn’t cut it. But…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • DramaReviews

    Melbourne International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘La Verónica’

    by Nick Kush August 22, 2021
    by Nick Kush August 22, 2021

    Despite how much social media is seemingly at the center of our lives, there are still only precious few good movies about the subject. What is it that makes it so hard to capture? Is…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
  • ReviewsScience Fiction

    Fantasia Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes’

    by Nick Kush August 18, 2021
    by Nick Kush August 18, 2021

    The PR machine for the film industry can sometimes be a nightmare as directors, actors, and others associated with a project do whatever they can to hype it up. After a while, the insane comparisons…

    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
Newer Posts
Older Posts

Social

Twitter Instagram Youtube Spotify

Trending Articles

  • Top 10 Best Actors Named Chris
  • Top 10 Best Movie Montages
  • Top 10 Most Referenced Movies
  • 'Little Women' (1994) vs. 'Little Women' (2019): Which is Better?
  • What Happened to the G Rating?

Join the MovieBabble Staff!

Join the MovieBabble Staff

Listen to Our Latest Podcasts!

  • Ranking M. Night Shyamalan’s Filmography

    February 14, 2023
  • Our Most Anticipated Movies of 2023

    January 23, 2023
  • Bruce Willis and a March Movie Recap

    April 5, 2022

Join The MovieBabble Newsletter

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
  • MovieBabble Theater
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise
  • Join MovieBabble

@2021 MovieBabble - All Right Reserved.

MovieBabble
  • Reviews
    • Action/Adventure
    • Animation
    • Comedy
    • Drama
    • Horror
    • Science Fiction
    • Shorts
    • Superhero
    • Thriller
  • Streaming Reviews
    • Streaming Action/Adventure
    • Streaming Animation
    • Streaming Comedy
    • Streaming Documentaries
    • Streaming Drama
    • Streaming Horror
    • Streaming Science Fiction
    • Streaming Thriller
  • The MovieBabble Podcast
  • Features
  • Retrospectives
  • More
    • Surveys
    • Rankings
    • Top 10 Lists
    • MovieBabble Theater