The Guilty – TIFF 2021 Review Lydia Rostant September 13, 2021 Reviews Antoine Fuqua’s explosive new film should come with a health warning, such is its intense physiological impact. Joining the ranks of Steven Knight’s Locke in its depiction of psychological duress and...
The Magnificent Seven – Review Cathy Brennan September 22, 2016 Reviews A remake of The Magnificent Seven, which itself was a reimagining of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, should be destined for mediocrity. Yet the under-appreciated Antoine Fuqua repeats his success with reimagining...
Southpaw – Review Thom Denson July 26, 2015 Reviews MMA-centric Warrior once perfectly blurred the lines between predictable fluff and hard-hitting emotional heft. Southpaw treads the same path with less punches on target. This is a redemption movie and so...
The Equalizer – Review Ben Murphie September 30, 2014 Reviews The Equalizer is nothing more than a sluggish and disappointing mess. Washington’s poorly-sketched ex-special ops agent juggles with several underdeveloped themes that bar him from any meaningful character...