Nick Kush

Quentin Tarantino is one of Hollywood’s most recognizable auteurs, busting onto the scene with Reservoir Dogs back in 1992 and capturing our attention ever since with his signature blend of exploitation homage and incredibly cool-sounding …

Disney’s remake of The Lion King roared(?) into theaters last weekend. And while it had an incredibly impressive opening at the box office for an animated film — the best ever, in fact — it …

I can picture the more standard, Hollywood version of Share in my head: it’s full of long diatribes, tearful wishes, and happy resolutions. A24’s Share, however, is far more cynical and rough, challenging its audience to accept its …

Many of us don’t believe Quentin Tarantino when he says that his 10th movie will be his last, and yet he continues to assert that it is true. It’s possible that Once Upon a Time …

Whether you’re looking at your Twitter feed, scrolling through an article, or even aimlessly walking by the TV as pundits discuss the day’s news, it’s difficult to escape the notion of toxic masculinity. The term …

There’s a tendency for most of us to bristle when films attack us with uncomfortable subject matter in a bracingly puzzling manner. I suspect that many will shun The Mountain for this very reason…if they …

Crawl is exactly what you think it is: a non-stop B-movie with PLENTY of gruesome gator kills in the middle of an unprecedented hurricane. In other words, it’s fun for the entire family! Horror regular …

Listen, I enjoy capital “C” Cinema. But sometimes, I need a movie where characters are ripped to shreds by dangerous animals in a bout of extreme exploitation filmmaking. Veteran director Alexandre Aja is no stranger …

Ah, the Brits. They have one of the most recognizable cadences around the world, and that distinctive way of life has carried over greatly into their films. From some of our most notable directing titans …

I think it’s safe to say that June had the most unnecessary, high-profile movies of the year so far, and it might even keep that distinction for the entire year. Seriously. We have a new …

June was…rough. We saw a slew of high-profile blockbusters flop hard; most notably, Dark Phoenix will lose Fox (Disney) around $100 million. Other films like The Secret Life of Pets 2 and Shaft also cratered, …

Well, Midsommar was an experience, to say the least. Following up Hereditary, last year’s breakout indie hit, wasn’t going to be an easy task, mostly because you probably loved it and had your expectations very …

In a post-Endgame world, the MCU finds itself in a precarious position. We’re down a few heroes, with a few need to pick up where they left off and carry this universe forward into the …

[Insert joke about the year already being halfway over here.] 2019 has been an odd year for movies. Not terrible, but certainly not a banner year, either. The trick is that you’ve had to search …

Hereditary was a major hit for A24 last summer, quickly becoming one of the indie distributor’s most successful monetary investments off of the strength of some magnetic performances, a string of horrendously morbid set pieces, …

We all have Marvel to thank for every major studio rushing to make an extended cinematic universe around their owned properties. Since 2008 with the release of Iron Man, Marvel has owned the superhero landscape on …

Even with all the changes we’ve seen over the last twenty years, one of the few constants has been South Park and all its stupidly intelligent glory. Since 1997, we’ve had the privilege of seeing …

It has been nine years since Toy Story left us in a proverbial puddle of tears with Toy Story 3. Generally speaking, it was considered the perfect ending to a perfect trilogy. But as Luke …

If you’re anything like me — and may the gods have pity on you if you are — then you’ve grown quite tired of the countless obvious corporate products that have limped into multiplexes so …

By now, you may have had the chance to see Dark Phoenix in all its glory(?). Or, more accurately, you haven’t — Dark Phoenix had by far the worst opening weekend of any X-Men film, …

I’m a man of some taste, depending on who you ask. (You never know; I have a lot of enemies out there.) I like simple things, like John Wick having a samurai sword fight on …

Sorry, but UglyDolls will not be making an appearance on this list of the best movies of May 2019. Let’s all take a moment of silence for this tragic loss… … … … …Okay, that’s …

We have now found the new trend for studios without access to comic book IP: high-toned biopics. Or, better yet, musical biopics. It’s especially important for Paramount to cash in on such a trend, as …

I find Annapurna to be such a fascinating distributor and producer. They’re single-handedly responsible for some of the most interesting films of the decade (produced The Master, Her, Phantom Thread, and If Beale Street Could …

We live in an entertainment climate full of polarity; for the most part, massive blockbusters with budgets over $100 million and tiny indies or genre films under $10 million are the most profitable — not …

Joanna Hogg has had much critical success as an arthouse director with a couple of well-received films. But she hasn’t had much luck in the states as of yet, leaving much of her success across …

I finally settled a personal vendetta by sitting down to watch Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. I grew increasingly frustrated after striking out on three screenings of the film at Sundance back in January, …

The surviving crew of a damaged deep-space harvester have minutes to reach the emergency evacuation shuttle. A motion sensor is their only navigation tool leading them to safety while a creature in the shadows terrorizes …

Though you might not think it at first, Seth Rogen is one of the more dependable stars that we have in Hollywood. You have a sense of what you’re going to get in each of …

Whether or not Avengers: Endgame surpasses Avatar and becomes the highest grossing movie of all time remains to be seen, but one thing is abundantly clear: Endgame broke the internet. With a three-hour runtime and …