Film Reviews
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
It can be said that the feat of rebooting old franchises in a new era is quite challenging, and there have been many failures over the years for many reasons. It’s surprising that the 2011…
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The Fall Guy
I might be one of the only people under fifty years old who has been excited about The Fall Guy and knows that it’s a movie that is a reboot of the television show. The…
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Challengers
Luca Guadagnino’s newest feature is being marketed as a sexy sports thriller, but is that really the case? Here’s our review.
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BABES: For the Messy Benches Who Love Drama
Throwing back to the neurotic New York City dramedies of the 80s and 90s, BABES flips the paradigm, showing a different view of the genre, where lifelong friendship and motherhood collide.
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A Gorgeous Elegy of Childhood: We Grown Now
Sony Classics shared two quotes from our own Sherin Nicole on the film she calls crushing yet undeniably lovely, WE GROWN NOW: “a gorgeous elegy of childhood” “a poetic reminiscence on love in its many…
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
A team of disavowed commandoes and saboteurs must destroy a freighter to save Britain–but can’t afford to get caught by either side.
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SPY x FAMILY Code: White IGNITES!
If you know me, or if you read my reviews, you know how much I love found family. If you know me or listen to my show, you know how much I love spy-craft, especially…
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Civil War
From my point of view, Alex Garland is one of the newer mantle holders of cinematic Science Fiction and Dystopic fiction. After writing 28 Days Later and Sunshine, two 2000s-era bangers, he came into his…
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Monkey Man
Like many, I was introduced to Dev Patel as Jamal in the film Slumdog Millionaire, the lovable main character on the Indian version of the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire as he…
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The First Omen
I’m not always the biggest fan of horror films. For me, horror only works two ways: extraordinarily effective or utterly hilarious. I’m not really the best person to see these films in the theater because…
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Wicked Little Letters
Wicked Little Letters, a story that takes place in 1920s England, is very much a topical story to me. While many things aren’t the same a hundred years apart, this story is about a person…
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The Greatest Hits: No Satisfaction
I was set for The Greatest Hits to be a swoony dram-com I couldn’t resist. Everything is there, inventive concept, engaging characters, and honest yet romantic dialogue. This movie has the ingredients that could have…
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Tag Team Review: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
In honor of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the two titans of RIOTUS are teaming together like the big fellas at the center of the movie for a joint-review of the new MonsterVerse entry.
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Who you gonna call? When New York is gripped by a supernatural winter, only a teamup of Ghostbusters new and old can save the day.
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Problemista
I’m clueless about Julio Torres, the screenwriter and director of the new A24 film Problemista. From the trailer I saw last year back when it was supposed to come out in 2023, it just seemed…
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Road House (2024): Big Brawling
The new Road House, a remake of the 1989 cult classic by director Doug Liman, recently hit the screens at SXSW
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FRIDA (2024) for AWFJ
…From the start Frida is awash in micro-hilarities, observations spoken with quirked lips, the pigmented blues of loss, passion splashed in red, and sunlit happiness interrupted by grey. The film is methodical and restrained yet exquisitely rendered…
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Kung Fu Panda 4
Dragon Warrior Po faces a new threat–a sorceress Chameleon. Without his usual allies and with an unlikely sidekick, can he skadoosh his way to victory one last time?
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Drive-Away Dolls: A Road Trip Romp
Imagine if Thelma and Louise went wild on a road trip with sexual contraband and a penchant for late-1900s sex comedies (yes, I’m giggling too). That’s the essence of Drive-Away Dolls, a movie that takes…
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