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Leonard Bertram

  • Film Review: ANORA (Written and Directed by Sean Baker)

    A joyful couple embracing under city lights at night.

    A Cannes Palme d’Or winner that trades plot for character, with Mikey Madison and a stellar ensemble stealing the spotlight Writer/director Sean Baker’s Anora is a uniquely different film that stands apart for its commitment to character-driven storytelling over plot — a choice that earned it the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival….

  • Horror Film Review: FOUND (directed by Scott Schirmer)

    A dramatic, red-lit image of a person embracing a skull.

    An $8,000 budget, but  Found delivers more chills and substance than Hollywood’s multimillion-dollar nightmares In order to cleanse my horror palate after the shitstain that  Terrifier 3  was, I decided to find the cheapest, dirtiest little horror film I could dig up. The winner? An $8,000 indie gem called  Found, streaming on Tubi and more. And let me tell…

  • Film Review: PIECE BY PIECE (Directed by Morgan Neville)

    Colorful poster featuring characters from One Piece bursting out behind Luffy.

    Pharrell’s journey, piece by piece: An unexpected and inspiring look at the quiet genius behind decades of music. Morgan Neville, known for his ability to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary, has done it again with  Piece by Piece, a film that dives deep into the life and career of one of the most influential music…

  • Film Review: TERRIFIER 3 (directed by Damien Leone)

    Terrifying clown with menacing expression in dark setting.

    AN UNHOLY WRECK There are bad movies, and then there’s Terrifier 3, a festering pile of cinematic waste so atrocious that it’s not only the worst of the year but one of the worst I’ve ever had the displeasure of sitting through. Damien Leone couldn’t make a shittier movie if he tried. Hell, he may…

  • Film Review: THE SUBSTANCE (Directed by Coralie Fargea)

    Movie poster featuring intense close-ups and blood splatter.

    THE HORROR OF A HORRIBLE THIRD ACT The Substance had me hooked — really, truly hooked — for 90 glorious minutes, and then : it feels like they yanked some middle school kid off the street and said, “Hey, wanna ruin a movie?” Because that’s the only explanation for how this thing nosedived so hard….

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