Authors: Patrick Gibbs

Film Review: New Order
New Order is a failure based around pertinent issues, but there is literally nothing to take away from it except what you came in with. … read more

Film Review: Spirit Untamed
There’s nothing wrong with a movie that’s aimed at the 5–9-year-old age range, especially when it’s as lovable as Spirits Untamed. … read more

Series Review: Sweet Tooth
Working in a Hunger Games milieu, Sweet Tooth is likely to appeal to teen audiences and fans of young adult science fiction. … read more

Film Review: The Dry
The Dry is a highly compelling and introspective film that thrives on an excellent screenplay, which was adapted from a novel by Jane Harper. … read more

Film Review: Cruella
Cruella just doesn’t work despite its best efforts. It ends up taking itself almost as deadly and pretentiously serious as Joker did. … read more

Film Review: Blue Miracle
Blue Miracle is done well enough to succeed as an innocuous family film that has a lot of heart and does its best to avoid being too sappy. … read more

Film Review: A Quiet Place Part II
While A Quiet Place Part II may make you even more scared to be outside, it’s the best reason I’ve had to leave the house in a long time. … read more

David Cross, Bigfoot and The Journey of “The Dark Divide”
Anyone who paid attention in their high school English class likely has some familiarity with “The Hero’s Journey.” It’s the template for most storytelling, wherein a hero goes on an adventure, is victorious (or sometimes fails) and comes home changed by it. But for Robert Michael Pyle, a real-life hero’s journey took place in 1995

Film Review: Dream Horse
Dream Horse Director: Euros Lyn Cornerstone Films and Film4 In Theaters 05.21 The spring/early summer blockbuster season is more or less partially underway to some extent, pandemic style. With zombies and serial killers dominating, a small, feel-good sports drama is welcome counterprogramming. There are some sports—well, OK, basically all of them—that hold no interest for

Film Review: Army of the Dead
Army of the Dead has a lot going for it, and Zack Snyder has created an epic-scale film filled with eye-popping visuals and plenty of action. … read more