Film Reviews
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‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ Conversation
George Miller’s return to the wasteland and to Mad Max is so big we had to double up for another RIOTUS Tag Team review.
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Drew’s Review
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA tells the story of the wasteland warrior who was a match for Mad Max–and how she got where she was.
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The Garfield Movie
Garfield was one of my favorite comic strips growing up. It was one of the first titles I read consistently, especially by going to the library and checking out the strip collections, as there were…
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I Saw the TV Glow
A24’s newest release is a hauntingly effective portrait of identity, nostaglia, and the transgender experience that’s hard to shake.
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IF
John Krasinski’s new film IF has always been quite peculiar to me as I couldn’t get a handle on what this film is and who it is for. Now, so that people don’t think I’m…
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Back to Black
It’s wild how something that used to seem so recent is actually a long time ago. Time moves very, very fast at times, even when the art and culture you love feel frozen in amber.…
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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.